Quote Originally Posted by longhornjas

The loss brought me down to $2 in my account, and I've been playing small $.10/.20 tables ever since. Now I'm at $21...it's gonna take a while to get back up there.
Stay at this level for a while. It will force you to tighten up your game, which is important. Even if you're Gus Hansen, you have to tighten up once in a while.

Set a goal and stick to it! To be comfortable at 1/2 NL, you need significantly more than 200. So set a realistic goal before you move up from .10/.20 to .50/1. Build that $21 up to about 200 again, and you might be ready to move up. But I think 1/2 is a little ways off.

Hang in there -- you learned an important lesson in memorable fashion!