Hi Robert, I just found your blog today and have read through the whole journey thus far. I have found it great reading because not only do you write well, but I feel you are 6 to 8 weeks ahead of me in my journey. Personally I am about to step up to NL100 with my $2500 bankroll so its a case of fore-warned is fore-armed for what I am about to go through. The big difference being that I am currently full ring player... (due to the number of posts associated with high variance on 6-max my plan is to establish myself as a profitable NL100 player FR then drop back to NL25 6-max if I feel I then want to learn that game).

As for your tough downswing, we know everyone goes through them, but I believe increasing your bankroll is primarily a simple factor of the number of hands you play. Everyone's style of play grants them a long term bb/100 - so these days I accept that running hot or cold - if I am playing consistently well then the bankroll will eventually increase at this rate and the only way to move it up quickly (not that I personally am in any particular hurry) is by playing more hands. Actually I am looking forward to NL100 as the game and money has become a little easy at NL50 and I need to stretch my game and poker education at the next level.

Keep up the blog - you have another supporter now!!

Paul