Had a decent upswing and downswing in the past week. My all-in equity has evened out and I've been sitting on a more "usual" winrate, closer to what I've had in the past. For the past few days though it's just been down and then trying to break out of the funk and move up instead of sideways.

After promptly losing some buyins in my evening session at 400NL, I closed down my games and went and played less tables at 600NL. I think if I weren't going for SNE I might stick with the higher limit games. The thing is, in order to balance my VPP requirements while still maintaining a winning pace is actually quite a challenge. I have found I really can't go above 18-tabling. I guess it's because of the dual-monitors, there's too much mouse movement in any given time. So, like I was doing tonight playing 9 tables of 600NL, I think I could better maximize my $/hr than playing 18 400NL. It's definitely possible if I 9-tabled 400NL I could have a better hourly than I do 18-tabling, but anything less and I'm not going to be able to make SNE.

HUDs are nice and playing against other players on a regular basis I think is helping me make better and better decisions on a case-by-case basis rather than generalizations. I think I play excellently against shortstacks, to my own credit.

I'm just thinking aloud, really. Sometimes I feel like I would play better without fullstacking in the games I play in. Oftentimes with certain players 100BB just never goes in without a nuts/2nd nuts or set over set cooler situation. That's not too often, though. I'm getting better at recognizing tendencies, and especially getting late position raisers off my blinds. There's just so much room for improvement, little things...

Almost elementary sometimes, I wonder about my c-bet frequencies. Do I bet in the right spots? Should I check more, should I raise here, etc. I go through this thought in my head, am I zigging when I should be zagging? Sometimes that's what it feels like. Sometimes you feel like you're working against the grain of everything that's going on, and sometimes it's like a perfect puzzle piece, and everything fits. I think that's the essence of variance.