Stagnation/Retardation of Your Game?

Totally agree. Put some cash in another site and play there now and again. Helps me a lot

take shots, be rolled or just accept it. theres a good reason y most of the more successful plyrs hre are v nitty

i get this feeling when im playing plo8 with you

i know what you mean chiv, though i am guilty of fancy play syndrome and trying to pull of level 3 plays on level 1 players. for the moment, i'm just working on getting a roll big enough to take shots at higher level thinking games, because i really want to improve my game past the stakes i play at atm.

"if you cant beat the level ones chiv dude, then thats where u belong"

I can, it just gets monotonous though.

My underlying contention, basically, was that whilst playing for money is all well and good, the other reasons I play - the personal growth, the mental satisfaction etc. - just ain't what it used to be.

And "moving up" isn't really an option in MTTs ... not that it makes a difference. Even if they had a masters on every night it'd still be filled with the same low level dross (maybe like 5% better).

Plus "moving up" on PLO8 cash is impossible given I'm the one solely seeding the higher stakes games. Effectively impossible to get more than .50/1 running.

Not that I really need much mental stimulation for that ... PLO8 cash is a bit of a mindfuck and arguably requires less levelled-thinking because the equity edges are so much smaller, the decisions less important, yada yada.