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 Re: A gaping hole in my game, and possibly my life?
 Originally Posted by boostNslide
As many of you know, I built my roll from nothing to just under 1k in a month.
I did this on 3 seperate occasions in my first few months of playing poker before busting out on each occasion, when I was still a losing player overall after the last bust (and frankly, not very good compared to where I was just a few months after this). I kind of have the same type of thing where I'm never really satisfied at being at a specific level, and am always looking to improve, which I think is a good thing for poker overall.
To be honest, I think your problem was mistaking your big upswing as a mastering of the game, instead of what it more likely was, which is a very lucky streak combined with good play. Then as you say you felt like you didn't have anything left to prove anymore in SNGs, but really that goes against your personality, and your striving to improve, and if you're not moving forward in your game, more than likely you're probably moving backwards.
Keep at it, man. With enough determination, studying, and experience, you'll get to a higher level of play where you won't be going through as big of swings anymore, and I'm sure you will be able to move up to higher stakes, as your personality already pushes you in that direction. I just get the feeling that you need some more experience under your belt to go along with that.
Also, I don't feel like you'd have to stick to SNGs to be successful by any means. I really feel that any half-way intelligent person can learn to be a successful player at any form of poker, at some buyin level, as long as they are willing to work at it, study the game in some form (talking with other players, reading articles and posts on forums, reading poker books, etc.), and most importantly if they're willing to give it time. You'll probably just need to give yourself more bankroll room with MTTs as opposed to SNGs, as you don't have as much experience in them.
Be patient and stay within your bankroll as much as you can, and the rest will come.
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Anyways, I think this has to be approached in steps. First I studied the limit game. It was useful for bonus whoring, but it also taught me many important facets of the game that I don't think I'd get from NL alone. Once I learned a lot from this though, I didn't leave it. Ring limit tables are still a steady part of my poker diet. Even though I can beat them consistantly (at least at the levels I'm at right now), I don't consider them "conquered". I still learn new things all the time from playing limit, and still have miles to go. I branched to SNGs though, which is more where my heart is (NL tourny poker). I've got these to a rate where I'm making good money at the $20+2s and have moved up to 30+3s. Now I want to head into the MTT zone (where I recently had my first win). Do I stop playing SNGs? No way! There is still so much more to learn about the game from SNGs. Even though I can win at a very good rate there (again only at the 20+2 level and now the 30+3), I still don't consider them "conquered". There are people out there that can kill me still, and lots, lots more that I can learn. Every night I play, limit ring (some NL ring too) and SNGs are part of my diet. If you're going to build a mansion, make sure you have a great foundation. I'm constantly moving up levels in all of these venues, as each level teaches you something different. I still feel like I'm at the bottom of the mountain I'm trying to conquer... but I can see the top, and I think I can see the path to get up there. It certainly helps that there are lots of FTR members littered all over the mountain that help to show me the way. ::cheesy music::
