The month has been great thus far. I have all of my christmas shopping complete(by thanksgiving), all bills are paid up for the next few months in advance, and my "normal" life is fantastic. I have played 5-10 nlhe(live) to many times to count. I went through a bit of a downswing about two months ago. I have been grinding 2-5 with a good success rate. I want to be massively over rolled for what ever limit I play. With this being said...I played 5-10 at Aria last week(3,000 max B.I.). That first session...I was playing somewhat tight. I could not understand it at the time. I even got bluffed off of a pretty hefty pot. I was kind of sick about that. I then realized I was playing "scared." So...I got up and cashed out( + very small amount). I drove home sick to my stomach. I could not believe that I was playing "scared." I have played that limit NUMEROUS times. It did not have that big of an effect on my B.R. It would of stung, do not get me wrong, but definitely not going to kill me. The very next day I decided to go back. 

  This time I decided to just play my normal game. I would adjust to my table and act accordingly. I would without a doubt not think about the size of the pots. I can not believe I allowed that to influence my play the previous day. I played Friday, relaxed Saturday, and played again on Sunday. I played roughly 12 hours combined, with a profit of just over 6k. I am no baller like Sune, Peter, or Flip just to name a few. 6k over the weekend is very nice, by my standards. Even though I had a nice profit. I am still thinking about how I was ran over that first session. I have played countless hours over the last few years. I have never had this expierence before. I think my last downswing somehow was embedded in my psyche. It is something I will never allow again.

GL everybody...