[banzi]

As a quickie follow-up, I had a long chat with a very nice lady at Monte Carlo who I've played with as a tourist for years and years, and told her basically what's going on and she recommended I move to 2/1 NL rather than limit.

I'm not sure she's right - as a tourist I did okay in these games but now something's changed. It's strange. I'm hoping it's simply variance and a 3-month cold run of cards.

I am not afraid to raise pre-flop. I am always wary of my position relative to others and I am not bad at reading. I check-raise often enough that I think I keep them guessing, but I also lead out with TPTK or NFD. The calling stations simply call, call, call and pick me off a little at a time.