Ya, in poker, momma definitely said there'd be days like this.

I am a little confused though. To lose 10 buy-ins strictly from 20bb short stacks, you'd have to lose 50 times. That's a heck of a lot of times to lose in one session, let alone as a favorite in most or all of them. There had to be something else going on. I think it's great you're not looking @ results in the short-term like after the money gets in, but a couple of things about that. I think in-game review and reflection is an important process, so while you may not immediately see what happens or learn from it, you probably don't want to completely ignore it or you could just keep doing the same, bad, wrong thing over and over. You need to be looking to see what they shoved with or called your shove with so you can define their range.

Making adjustments in poker is very important. Also, you HAVE to be cognizant of your balance to a degree - at least enough so you don't exceed your daily stop loss. I know it can be tough because if you watch it too close, you can tilt to results oriented thinking, BUT you can't go the other extreme and turn around and be down 10 buy-ins and not even know it. We have a stop loss because MOST of the time when we hit it, we aren't playing our best, no matter what justification we use to refute otherwise like "I was getting it in good". That stop loss is a tilt stopper.

Remember, the object of the game is to (1) play good poker, (2) Minimize tilt, (3) Practice good bankroll management, and (4) Play enough hands so that the benefits of (1), (2), and (3) come to fruition. You can never do # 4 in one day or session. It sounds like you didn't do #3 either ... and I SUSPECT #1 and/or #2 came into play as well at least once, if not several times.

All you can do is just learn from that session and vow to NEVER break #3 bankroll management again. To be able to safely lose 10 buy-ins in one day, you'd have to have 200 buy-ins or $2000 @ 10NL. Before you ever start playing, do one of 2 things: note your balance, multiply by .05, subtract that from your original balance. Check your balance every so often if you feel you've been losing - more frequently if you get stacked or lose several all-ins to shorties. When it hits that #, stop playing. Or, what I do, is take my bankroll, multiply it by .05 and check my results every so often in the HEM sessions tab. It will tell you profit or loss to the penny. I'm sure PT3 has something similar.

Anyway, good luck rebounding and getting the train back on track.