Well, I am experiencing the ups and downs of (real money) poker once more. I fucked up a few times; hopefully I got my fuckups out of the way so I can play some disciplined poker now.

Basically I busted ugly 3 SNG's in a row, and my $100 bankroll is now $101, so I'm back where I started. I'm also a little scared because I fear I will play shittier once I dip below the my original deposit ($100). It's some mental handicap of mine, but whatever... I will fight to make sure I don't do anything stupid. The major mistakes I made tonight:

1. Played more tournaments than I said I would. (I want to cap the # I play a day, if any, at 2 to begin with. I don't want to start tilting / chasing after losses like I have done in the past.

2. Made some donk calls for all the chips. The turbo SNG's (5 minute blinds) suck IMO because I play abc poker, which seems too tight. Three bustos tonight were: trying to make a move with trash when the blinds were monstrous (this move was okay). CRAP calling of a shove with 66 (why do I put myself in spots where I'm flipping or worse? terrible). Third, calling off when some donk hit a four outter on me. I turned out to be the bigger donk, as I know that these microstakes players NEVER raise with less than 2 pair in general.

So, a few bad decisions on my part (playing too much, some poor allin calls), and now I'm back to reality.

Maybe I will try 2NL as you suggest Swiggidy. Hopefully I can fare better there (okay, I know I only have 4 SNG's under my belt, which is nothing). I know that skill theoretically *should* factor in more comparing FR to turbo SNGs.