Havnt updated for a while, things are moving along.

I pulled $500 I had sitting in my Netteller account and put it into my stars account to bump my roll. Basically I'm running a net total BR in my head until things settle down (balance - 500 + 220 = roll).

I might as well mention what the $220 withdrawal was for. I actually decided to dip my toe into the staking world. I noticed a player who I thought had a game well capable of beating higher stakes than he was rolled for, so approached him to see if he was interested in an arrangement. The one we came to probably wasnt the best for either of us, but hey we're new to it and its a learning process like any other. I think for SnGs a stake works better as basically rolling someone. Play a large number of games with that roll, or a set amount of time, or just open ended until one party calls it a day. Our arrangment was 20 games of $11 buyin normal speed tournies. The problem there is that short term variance can have a major impact. Things have actually progressed fairly well so far, enough so that even if the remainder of the games he were to finish OOTM it wouldnt be a big loss, but the risk was there. Likewise I wonder about the benefit to him. Even if he managed so 30% ROI, that would be $66 profit, so his share is $33. Now it would be $33 risk free to him, but has to be compared to his own potential winnings using his existing roll at lower stakes/other games. Anyway, its been a fun little experiment (just over halfway there atm), and its nice to try to help out someone you like and whos game you admire.

As for my own game, its been a bit up and down. Came back from my drop to reach around $860 BR (peak of $890 so far), but currently sitting around $780 after a bad session yesterday. Basically I'm around breakeven after my big spike ended. I'd really like to get things moving positive again. I thought I'd review my leaks and make a new list:

Poor p/f from the button shortstacked. I've become very passive from the button which is a huge problem in STTs when you get short.
I dont think i'm doing a good job extracting value from my big hands.
I think I'm missing spots to earn more chips in general. Calls I should make, value bets on rivers, stuff like that.
Still too loose PF sometimes. This is a leak that I battle with on and off, I'm fairly good, but sometimes regress.
I think I've addressed all of those now. Put a lot of work into identifying my button p/f ranges, done a lot of thinking about the best ways to play hands for value, and tightened up PF. I do have some new ones though:

- Not stealing enough from position at mid-blinds (25/50 -> 100/200). This means I'm often ending up shortstacked even after good starts (blinding down).

Errm, actually thats about it atm. I'm sure there are others, but thats the one thats standing out right now. I'm ending up 3rd a lot lately because I'm just scraping into the money.

BR (net) - 783
Bonus FPPs - 1477/1875