I had a decent month in August. I was up about $400 by about the 20th just grinding away at $20 6-max. Then something in my brain just switched over and I bombed out. I'm currently a break-even player, having pretty much wasted 2 months-worth of spare time.
So I've had to take some time to reassess how I'm playing. I think I began to ignore position, believing that pure aggression was going to be enough. I began calling 3-bets with 10-9s in hope of that perfect flop. I must have every leak going.
So, I've decided to set myself a target for the rest of September. By September 30th I want to be $200 up. That's pretty much half a buy-in per day, is nothing, but is achievable.
I've also decided to start being serious about reviewing my play, and actually reviewing my sessions using Poker Office. I wish I could afford Poker Tracker right now, but it's pointless while I still have a valid PO licence. I'm going to make myself a hard-copy graph to track my progress over my sessions.
And I'm going to tighten-up. No more calling 3-bets with drawing hands OOP. No more shoving the flop with A-K cos I don't believe that the player who has 3-bet my raise every time in the last 5 hands has anything and I can take the pot away. I can't.
Pointless post? Maybe. But I'm posting firstly to affirm to myself that I can, and will, do this, and secondly in the hope that you guys may have some constructive suggestions to help me on my way.
If I fail in this, then I'm taking the rest of the year off to concentrate on learning more about the game, and on my University degree. If not, then we'll see how it goes...