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My poker career has sort of reached a standstill recently, mostly because of the low amounts of volume that I put in, but also because I’m having trouble finding sure footing in terms. I decided to break down a bunch of different poker games I play or could play.

NLHE MTTs

Pros:
- I have a lot of MTT experience and have developed a pretty solid strategy over the years.
- MTTs are easiest to multi-table
- A lot of tournaments are soft where players play straightforwardly and weak.
- Most of my best results are from tournaments, by far

Cons:
- High variance and relies on big scores to maintain a good profit
- Takes up a lot of time and commitment, which creates a motivation issue
- Hard to move up

NLHE 6-max cash

Pros:
- Quite experienced at NL with plenty of material to improve with
- Plenty of games

Cons:
- Games are relatively tough: too much material out there to learn NL and players are fairly aggressive/good hand readers
- Gets really tough once you move up
- Can be boring

PLO cash

Pros:
- Plenty of good games filled with weak players

Cons:
- High variance, can be frustrating
- Still learning the ins and outs of the game

Triple-draw

Pros:
- Very strong 2-7 game
- A lot of bad players

Cons:
- Only a few games going at once, if any
- Very swingy (especially when I take shots at 15/30 or play heads up)

Mixed games (7-game, 8-game)

Pros:
- Very weak tables where people play like at least two stake levels lower
- I’m a good all-rounder and can play all the games pretty well, especially relative to the field

Cons:
- Multiple games make it tougher to multi-table, especially with the stud games
- Sometimes only a couple games running at a time
- Unbalance of the games can be quite frustrating (PLO plays too big)

HU NL cash

Pros:
- High winrates in HU
- Can bumhunt pretty easily

Cons:
- High variance
- Need to become proficient at HU
- The nature of HU is too personal for me

There you have it: my entire range of options. The problem right now is I keep mixing them all and I think I should have a clear idea of what my primary game is and then concentrate on it instead of playing a billion different things at once.

Having listed everything in such a fashion, it seems like tournament poker is the best way to go for now, but I really need to sit down and commit myself to some full days. Having said that, I have a really busy week next week so I probably won’t get into the full swing of things for a while.