What is my diagnosis?

[maikl10]

I think about poker a lot, I read quite a bit here on these forums aswell as the latest Harrington book which I bought recently, I've watched training videos on deucescracked and cardrunners and so far I have profited since I started playing 2 years ago. I started out at 10NL and I never moved up, due to many reasons (travelling etc) but mostly because I just can't put in any volume. Not because I lack time, I work full-time but when I am off work I don't have anything that occupies my time except for excersising.

So, why do I not put in any volume? One reason might be that the way I handle tilt is to stop playing, I never spew off money (only when I play terribly, not because of tilt). Most of my sessions have atleast a few bad beats, which is standard. If I get KK pre and lose to AA, I don't tilt at all. 2 minutes later I pick up AA, get it in against QQ and lose, now I am slightly sad/tilted. Add one more bad beat to this and I call it a day and quit playing for the day or for a few days. What is my problem...?

I just want to not give a **** about studying/if the games are beatable/if my site is the 'best' one/if there still are fish for some time, since if I just put in enough volume I would get the answer to all these questions. And yes, my brain sucks, it worries about absolutely everything all the time.

[Raise, Ha!]

The math is the math is the math............. What volume gives you is a greater number of experiences where you match up your superior holdings against lesser hands. The math says your hand should prevail, but not always. The times you lose is called variance. "If" you play at a very high level and make the right plays in every circumstance, you will prevail and make money. If you vary your buy in amounts you may well win at the lower buy in and lose at the higher buy in. In the end, the math says you will come out ahead.

Now, does that mean the winning % is significantly higher than the losing %. Not so much but it go's back to making the right plays. If you can't play volume then be certain to play the right strategy in every circumstance to give yourself the best chance with the smaller sample size.