Well after logging a total of 4500 hands at $10nl I'm down 4 buy-ins.

I guess it's just a huge downswing + a couple mistakes here and there, I hate admitting that I run bad because I always feel I could play better but I must say things have been gross so far.

I probably could have saved myself at least 1.5-2 buy-ins from not misreading a few hands etc, but things were pretty nasty. The reason it sucks as much as it does is because its happeneing right at the beginning of me playing 10nl. I'd much rather have it happen after I've been winning at it for awhile. I wouldn't be so concerned if I were winning over 20k+ hands at 10nl and then experience a horrid swong. The way it works now though is it ends up leaving me second-guessing my game, which I doubt is very good.

Final hand I played I flopped a set of 7's, my c-bet got shoved into, River brings villain a 2 outer to set/set me with QQ. What a wonderful end to a session lol. At least I ended on the worst beat. I want to point this hand out because I didn't bother waiting for the blinds to reach me - I just left. I was really happy that I was able to instantly get up and leave instead of play on tilt. This isn't the easiest thing to do when you see someone play like garbage take your money, but I think leaving the game when it just isn't working is one of the smartest things I've done recently with regards to poker.

I'll see how things go for the next 5-10k hands and if I feel like things are going downhill perhaps I will consider a few coaching sessions. I think these would benefit even If I was steadily winning for the sole fact that having a mentor is hugely +EV.

I also might get into 6-max more. The players are super spewy from what I've seen so far and it's easier to play for stacks. Not like this nut-camp full ring. It's amazing how tight 10nl is comapared to 5nl. I sat at one table where every single player at V$IP's less than 18-20ish, and a few below 10. I ended up jumping around tables alot because the fish were noticeably a bit more scarce. I notice that winning alot of uncontested pots is pretty standard, and if you raise 3 times in a row, you're picking up the blinds 90% of the time.
Maybe I'm just playing at the wrong time, who knows. I definately can spot some differences in the game though.

Also, alot of the regs float wayyy to much. Like literally, once an orbit they're flatting a flop in position only to fold to a brick on the turn. It's so grossly exploitable, I've started raising SC's more in middle position only to get called by them with their huge button range, and then I just double barrell anything that looks representable. It's interesting to see a change in the stats of typical reg players. Alot of them have a very low fold to c-bet stat, but then a high fold to turn. Gotta love Poker Tracker, makes it easier to notice these guys.

My v$ip/pfr were alot higher than usual because of the table conditions, so perhaps I'm losing for now because I'm still adjusting to loosening up my play and having to 2-barrell more oop. I also need to start adjusting to the short stackers. I find I'm calling them off too light when they make their moves and I need to fix this leak. There aren't any 20bb stacks at 5nl because of the deep buy-in, but since there are at 10nl, the game changes slightly when you have a table full of shorties.

Ed Miller's book (Professional No Limit Hold'em) is on its way. I can't wait to read it and apply some of the concepts that are discussed. I've read about it here on FTR and it seems like the book covers alot of very important material.

Well that was a long post with an update of my progress and a note on the differences I've spotted between 5nl and 10nl. Looks like I'll have to just keep grinding away and get that PT graph shooting upwards.