181 hands, -$2.84

I spent more time today reading about poker than I did actually playing it. Although I only put in 500 hands today, it is already apparent that I haven't accumulated too much rust. I was afraid that after all this time that I would have somehow "forgotten" how to play well, and that does not appear to be the case. I have little doubt that my abilities have suffered some atrophy over time, but I find comfort in the fact that I didn't play horribly today or make any regrettable/questionable decisions.

Therefore, I've decided to move up to 25nl ahead of schedule. Another good reason would be that it's just insanely conservative to play 10nl with 130 buyins.

I don't know how this eluded me for so long, but I noticed a (potentially substantial) leak in my game just now. In my 11,000 hands at 50nl, I folded the SB to a steal 88% of the time, folded the BB to a steal 82% of the time, and attempted to steal the blinds myself 22% of the time. I honestly have no idea what neighborhood these numbers should be in, but I suspect that I'm not stealing enough, and failing to defend my blinds far too often. Whether blind defense should be much of a concern for me at this level is also questionable, but stealing is not. I raise on the button with a wide range, but I don't do it with garbage hands. Perhaps I should when folded to. This is something I certainly need to look into.

Bankroll: 1,295.93