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I also have some good news for you, im nearly rolled for £5 dym's now so you will have some softer opposition very soon
And Dev, you don't need to be so philosophical when you have the odd bad session! Just take it on the chin.
September 1st I played 43 £11 games and ended the session £7 ahead.
September 2nd I played 30 £11 games and ended £9 behind.
September 3rd I played 30 £11 games and one £16.50 and booked the £55 loss.
The plan to lower volume but increase stakes was not really working out.
Started to recover over the next few days felt like I'd cracked it, then it levelled out, then BANG! Fast forward a couple of weeks and I've played a very long multitable session every day and at one point on the 20th September I'm £215 in the hole from the start of the month. This was a pretty low point for me, I really wanted to make my points target, and I was 2/3s of the way there. But 1/3 feels like a very long road when you're bleeding cash and losing all your 60/40s. I was definitely getting more than my share of negative variance around this time, and then I caught myself making really bad decisions because I was fed up with it, which obviously compounded the downward trend. I wanted to get there, but I didn't want to go broke doing so, so I had to dig in and stop making "ah forget it" calls and really focus on each decision and each game texture. I developed new strategies in this period and slowly things turned. I ended the month making a modest profit but I learnt so many lessons. One was that it's not really worth making priority
I think my final month numbers would show that I barely beat the rake at £11 but did quite well at £16.50 to tip the numbers positive. When the edges are small it's so difficult pulling out the variance, it's vastly understated, but it's so powerful as it can change your mood and turn you from a winning player with a slight edge to a losing one.
I started playing DYMs on Sky at the end of 2012, since then I've played about 2800 games. Around 850 of those were played in September and the swings were crazy. I was knackered! I've played 7 NLHE DYM games since the end of September, and 6 of those were on the same day.
I started DYMs after reading the JohnConnor thing, he said set yourself a number of buy-ins and move up when you reach enough for the next level etc. I did this starting from £3 and soon was playing £5 then £11. I'm by no means the best DYM crusher but I really think it's important to try to move up. We learn new things, and we can make more money. Let's step back if we can't compete but if we feel comfortable let's go for it. I post this because I don't understand how you can crush £3 but not crack £5. There are more regs at £5 but the fundamentals are the same. I just wonder whether you've given it enough time. Do your plays work in the same way? What do others do at certain stages of the game that differs to the average £3 player?
Very long rambling post, should have started my own diary! I guess the point is that when BR starts to reduce and we think we're getting beaten it's really important to try to strip away variance from that. As long as we make the right decisions in the right places, it really doesn't matter how far up or down we finish the night if we can absorb it. But we should never sit at a table and already feel defeated, or play with scared money.
I'll try to post my whole DYM graph to put September in context, the swings look shocking. Interestingly, when I was struggling I had some comments from opponents re my Sharkscope, which was showing a small positive return (but obviously nowhere near their incredible but hidden upward climbs). When it turned at the end of the month apparently it was 'a heater'. I developed a few things, but in truth the only difference in the big downswing and the big upswing, was making poor decisions vs having good discipline and focus, and after that it was just the turn of a few cards.
Just wanted to show how cruel the game can be, but that good play and focus will always get there over a long enough time span.
Run well.
I remember a quote I read from a sicko ages ago that was something along the lines of 'if you can't look back and think, god I was sh!t 6 months ago, then you probably aint doing enough work on your game'.
Can you pin point things you do better now than you did 3, 4, 5, 6+ months ago?
Imo it's good to list down the things you think you've improved at, and importantly, the things you still need to do a lot of work on (if you think there aren't any, you'll be wrong). It's good for confidence (recognising the things you've got better at) and it's good to keep you focussed (keeping track of everything you need to improve on).
Obv there's a cap on what ROI you can achieve in games like this with relatively small edges but obviously you're no where near playing perfect (that's not a dig, just the way it is).
It's up to you if you don't wanna disclose them here but imo you should write down the answers to those questions in my first post (even if you keep them private), for your own benefit. One of the most important things when it comes to improving is to be really honest with yourself and admit the areas that you're weak at, cos they're the most important areas to work on first. If you honestly don't know what the leaks in your game are, that's where it becomes a good idea to discuss it with some good regs (better than you ideally) or post some HHs in here for advice, can't remember the last time you've posted a HH but there must be some spots you struggle with. Better than soldiering on in the dark.