I've dropped 3603$ in my past 718 hands at 2-4.

4 of the buyins were huge bluffs deep. 1 of them was good and another one of them was reckless.

The rest are just high-variance plays that didn't work out (i.e. felting 99 Bvb vs complete maniac running 90/57 over 150 hands).

It's kind of too bad because I've played pretty much my A game every hand so far at nl400. This short but nasty mini-downswing has reminded me that I need a huge # of buyins if I want to play what I think is an optimal game.

I'm thinking hard about what to do right now. In the past, I've always moved down or taken a break after dropping 10ish buyins.

Another option is sticking at nl400 with 32 buyins but playing a much lower variance style.

Gonna think about this for a while and post later.