X-man, your reply is sound, but DaNuts, hit the nail on the head.

Ever since (well, maybe longer than that) I had my most recent losing streak, I've lost all confidence and become a tight/passive/aggressive (only aggressive when I feel I have a big hand) player.

I realised that before, and even more so since I've got some feedback to this post, though I don't want to sound like a suck. Posting is useful, even if some of the advice is predictable (not to say that either one of your comments was (gee, that sounds sucky)).

"Attitude and confidence", that's the root cause of my latest downturn, but as far as the large etching goes, more analysis and discipline, as per Mr. Aok's reply is the ticket.

Xanadu, to be perfectly frank, you got me to thinking that I could shatter the limit games at Paradise. Maybe in time I will. But it also got me into a dither. I started putting the car in front of the tow truck, if you know what I mean.

I'm going to stick with no-limit for a while (at least 1000 hands) and see what happens. I'm going to use PT to customise SSH's starting hand strategy to one of my own. I'm going to spend time analysing hands where I see the flop, and see what's going on. Probably most importantly, playing at the limit where I'm comfortable will help bring back the aggression and the confidence that I need. I feel comfortable at the $2 tables.

Yeah, I know, it's like playing nickel slots, but as was said in Walking Tall, "Ya gotta learn to crawl before ya can walk," or words to that effect.

Jigs