Really good post, Ben. Very much appreciated! I am going to take all of your advice. Speaking of that, I am at a delimna. I def. want to talk to friends about poker but not sure if I should get coaching right now or not. I am like at the verge of having a BR at 100nl (which you are right, I am an overall winner there just haven't won lately) so I am wondering if I should cough up some dough for more coaching and go back to 50nl, get coaching and stay at 100nl unless I lose like 3 buyins or just stay at 100nl by talking with friends and then get coaching (I AM getting coaching eventually again). The thing is that 50nl and 100nl are really really different from my experience and I know poker is all about adjusting but what seems to be crushing 50nl is now losing at 100nl. I did befriend one of the biggest winners at 100nl at FTP so I am hoping to hear some of his advice as he plays for a living and was on storman's update of top winners for the past 6 months. He's also pwned me a lot.
