I really need to update this thing more often!

Managed almost 17K hands in July, which is a record for me, by a long way. My BR seems to be moving in the right direction too - its now up to $2,726, although I still need almost $1K to get back to even in table winnings at 50NL.

Despite that, I made a very sobering discovery last night. I'm about $750 above the lowest point of my downswing ... but I've run almost $700 above EV on all-ins in that time! Man that sucks. What it has done though is give me (another) reality check. When I think about it, I'm still way too spewy, tilt too much and turn into a station when I do, and make way too many hero calls. I also play a preflop range that is way too wide for my postflop skills to handle, and still suck at hand-reading.

The thing is that I think my understanding of the game has come a long way in the last couple of months. I've read more theory, watched a few videos, and even started to really understand a few of ISF's strategy posts! The problem is that I can't seem to work it all into my own game at the table.

I need to review and rebuild my game from the ground-up, and I need to put together a study/practice plan to do it that involves identifying one thing to work on at a time and practicing that, and only moving on to the next thing once I get it right.

I might try to do that over the next few days and post it here.

The starting point will probably be taking a much more structured approach to my preflop ranges. Do the simple things right before worrying about the harder things ...