Quick post, keep thinking I should update less, but then find things to add. Was having a bit of a discussion via email with a friend about things lately, and made a comment:

"If I can keep out of trouble, I can easily beat this game at this level. I'm my own worst enemy atm."

He responded along the lines of how he feels that way too, or at least hopes it is. Heres my response, thought others might find it useful/interesting.

Heres something I do.

When I review a session, in particular a losing one, I identify the hands I played badly. I then take the portion of that money I put into that hand beyond when I should have and sum it with the same part of other hands. So say I lost $20, but the first $5 were PF raise and c-bet and at that point I should have stopped, then I add $15 to my "lost through bad play" tally. I then add this amount onto my earnings/loss for the session. VERY few sessions "resummed" this way, turn into losing sessions. Even the worst ones often come out about break even. Thats what tells me I can beat it. The more I can move those "lost through bad play" amounts out of that tally and back into my roll, the more I'll be beating the game. Thats BEFORE improving the positive aspects of my game, like learning more +EV plays or finding better ways to extract value.