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Jesus, no. This may be the worst advice I've ever seen.

Have you ever been in a situation where you've had a family to provide for and 50k in debt? You sound like a winning player so I'm going to assume you haven't. And for that matter, neither have I. But can you imagine psychologically how difficult it must be to wager money when you are that deep in the hole? I mean, people start playing scared when they have a 10k downswing with a 40k roll. How do you NOT play scared when you start downswinging and you're 50k in debt?

Also, OP's primary problem is that HE IS NOT GOOD AT POKER. What he is doing is basically a reverse form of table selection, where every time he has some money he moves up in limits and ends up facing better players. Being actively bad at table selection will make any player - EV, and it's worse in his case because when he moves up in limits and faces better players, the stakes go up as well.

The worst thing is, his problem isn't even that easy to fix. You can give any fish with an 80 vpip a hand chart, and he'll improve his game immediately. But this guy knows that moving up stakes is wrong, and he still does it anyway. Some people just have too much gamble in them, and that's not a switch that they can just flick on and off.

To OP: Just quit completely. Don't even visit this forum. Good luck with your life. Your family will be upset, but in the end they are your family and will support you through this.