Maybe it will be me, but I doubt it. My game is slipping. A few weeks of really bad variance (12 standard deviations out of the norm) in early February has definitely had an effect on my play.
At first I didn't think so, but looking back at my play over the past few weeks has made me now think otherwise. I've de-generated back into a tight/weak style. In an effort to avoid suckouts, I have tried to keep pots small and play only premium hands. This has resulted in way to many limps, and playing only my cards, not situations.
The end product of this has been getting halfway though tourneys, ending up short, and having to make many more decisions for all my chips than I would normally have to make. This puts me in bad situations where I need to call off my tournament life with less than stellar holdings, and push in spots I'd rather not.
Essentially, it has gotten me into exactly the types of things I hoped to avoid. When they say you have to play though variance, you have to play though with a good game, not a shitty one. It's a different kind of tilt that I guess I am experiencing, but now that I can see it, I will remove it.
GL to everyone tonight, and congrats to whoever the victor may be (as long as its me).
