Harley, Slevin, Dranger, Thanks for your posts. I think it helps with my progress when I see others have had the same struggles and are handling them. I've given more thought as to why I'm quicker to leave when ahead than behind. Losing sucks. But losing when you WERE ahead really bites the big one. Like in a casino, everybody is a winner, they just don't leave that way. Walking out shaking their heads wondering why they didn't quit while ahead. But poker isn't a casino game where they house has a huge edge. I've got to adjust my mindset to really profit from this fact. The days where I am hitting flops and my hands are holding up, I limit my play to protect my profits, but the days "luckboxes" are sucking out on me I extend my play trying to recover my losses. I see now that this is bass ackwards. I saw an interview with Phil Ivey on YouTube where he spoke about how long he played when winning versus losing. Seemingly apparent, but for me it wasn't.

My MTT play contributes to this. On day I'm playing well I like to play in a $1 MTT, which for me takes between 3 - 6 hours. Since I haven't made a final table(where the real payoff is) I usually only win 1 or 2 bucks which obviously isn't much (once I finished 12th and won like $15). I think I'll limit my MTT play to weekends and holidays. That should allow me to have longer sessions at the tables. I'm not even clearing 1000 hands a week in ring games. If I'm running bad I could play my $1 MTT as it would be a cheaper "loss" compared to a ring game buyin.

Anyway, I played in a $1 MTT last night and finished in 300+ place out of 2300+ field and profited a buck. I missed 500lbGorilla's MTT stake give-away last night, as with my roll I would have gladly accepted. I'll keep my eye out in the future. I'm about to return to the ring but I'm dropping my buyin to $3. My bankroll can't handle $5. Lack experience too. Hope all goes well.