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Exactly what I needed to read after my spaz... Krantz! You're the best.

Yes, it's worth it, if you really want to be a great poker player you have to learn how to get comfortable with risk. I'm not suggesting you play someone like Isildur1, you'd get crushed obviously, I'm suggesting you play a winning player at the stakes you play.

Deliberate practice

http://projects.ict.usc.edu/itw/gel/EricssonDeliberatePracticePR93.pdf

How about losing 9 BI to a fish who runs like god then leaves as soon as you get a buyin back?

If a fish can win 9 BI off me (never happened before ever) how much risk are you taking vs. a tough opponent who then also runs like god? It's not just 5 BI but could easily be 15-20 BI if you get set up time after time, lose every coinflip and get owned on top of that.

After what happened to me, I wonder if Isildur beatng Durrrr for 30 BI is even statistically significant.

This. You just have to be superrolled to fade this. 35-40 buyins is a joke. Try 100 as a backup at a lower level (your safety net) with a stop loss when you deviate from A+ game or are endangering your roll, and the discipline to move down (to the backup game) when you have less than 100 buyins remaining for that backup level.

That said, taking shot with 35-40 buyins or even less may be the correct decision. You have just to protect yourself.

"The only way to get smarter is by playing a smarter opponent", Fundamentals of Chess 1883.
"Revolver" 2006.

Understanding variance -- chiefly, the difference between running bad and playing bad and running well and playing well -- is really important. I'm not talking about loss here though, I'm talking about experience and competition. Make the best decision every time you have to make one and the results don't matter, no matter who you play.

This is a great post

I guess im at the level where im learning a lot but still not sure what Im doing wrong and going more on gut intuition, I just hate getting lost and as of now poker is pretty important to me in a number of ways

How about losing 9 BI to a fish who runs like god then leaves as soon as you get a buyin back?

If a fish can win 9 BI off me (never happened before ever) how much risk are you taking vs. a tough opponent who then also runs like god? It's not just 5 BI but could easily be 15-20 BI if you get set up time after time, lose every coinflip and get owned on top of that.

After what happened to me, I wonder if Isildur beatng Durrrr for 30 BI is even statistically significant.

Can anyone comment on HU match stop-loss strategies? What proportion of your BR are you prepared to lose in a match vs a fish or a reg?