Cash Games Galore!

I am still not where I want to be when it comes to posting here, but this one is quicker than the last update and it also included a trip to Spain. For those interested in traveling and seeing different things, Seville, Spain is certainly a place to stop, especially during Feria week. This is essentially a week long fair where the entire city takes off work for a week and goes to party in the many tents and rides. I was only there for a few days but it was definitely a blast, especially since I got to spend some time with my girlfriend after not seeing her for over five weeks! I will also be going back to Europe a week from today on a European tour with my girlfriend but I will save the details for another post (gives me incentive to post sooner). Ok, now for the poker update...

My last post was about ten days ago and since then I have played only cash games, with the exception of one $5r that I immediately regretted entering, so I basically just lost on purpose. The cash games have been going very well though. Here are the results from April 15th until now:
I have almost doubled my profit with just over double the hands previously played in the last update. I do have to note that I've only had one or two losing days, but unfortunately one was for $950 (almost 5 buy-ins!!!), which I do consider an anomaly that is dragging down my results. On that particular day, negative variance just smacked me in the face as my sets got crushed by runner-runners when all the money got in on the flop, my nut flushes got trumped by rivered full houses, and then just some bad play caused by tilt. So I am pretty sure I can avoid days like that and I plan on coming up with a stop-loss amount, but I haven't come to a conclusion for how much yet. I also need to address something that most likely explains why I have so few losing days and why I haven't played more hands. Often times during my sessions, I will go up a couple of hundred dollars within half an hour due to some maniac or a nice hand or two, but then I will almost shut down. For some reason, I can't stand the feeling of having made a profit and then having it slip away later, so I essentially shut down and bail out after another round or two. The funny thing is that $200 profit or whatever isn't that big of a deal to me at all, it's just the feeling of losing. There is something psychological to me about need to finish in the positive, and so when I am already positive, I get overprotective and start to stray away from my game that got me those profits. I really feel this is holding me back from having +5 buy-in days that I know I am capable of acheiving. So a new goal for me is to overcome this fear shall we say and truly see if I can reach my potential at these levels.

All in all though, things have been going well since I started my cash game play. This Sunday will be my first Sunday in a couple of weeks, so hopefully I haven't completely lost my tournament game and I can maybe pull of a big score this weekend. If not, I will just keep playing the cash games to recover the Sunday damage!