Thanks to the latest contributors! It's a great feeling to know that people take the time to advise others so altruistically.

You know, after Biondino's upbraiding, I went back to the tables yesterday with a new yet old mindset. I started playing like I did as a novice disciple of Aokrongly's: uber-tight, folding at the slightest prompting, and then watching the others more carefully, since I had a lot more time on my hands (pun unintended) what with playing only 15% of the hands.

Whilst not exactly winning yet (too early to tell), I have stopped the hemorragic tilt-like play, and I am seeing something interesting: the play at these limits is EXACTLY AS BAD AS AT THE $2 TABLES.

All ins with K7 suited or unsuited, called by A3 unsuited and maybe 66 as well. Due to being so long with the ultra-bottom feeders, I thought that moving up 5 times in stakes meant 5 times better players. Again, WRONG!! They're the same crappy players, and the way I beat $2, should work here, as well. So, I'm back to that mega-snug passive style until I see some results. Boring, I know, but it works, as some of you have already experienced.

Also, guys, please don't take that one example as a general rule of how I play AK. I had a tilted mentality that day. I believe that I've shaken that off, mostly thanks to a few of the more terse comments given above.

I agree with you, DaHorror, about the dubiousness of AK. Lesson reinforced.

Results to follow anon.