[hatchadour]

I was hoping to use the collected wisdom of 2+2 forums to improve my current slump. When I first started playing poker 10 years ago, 2+2 books and forum were instrumental in my poker education. Given the growth of the 2+2 forums, I was hoping to ask for some advice.

First a bit about me. I started playing live full-limit HE in 1997. I moved up from the smallest game ($2-4) to the biggest game at the local casino ($20-40). I was a graduate student at the time and played a few times a months. I was a winning player with an hourly rate of $55 and SD around $300 (on Stat King).

Since the advent of internet poker I have moved to playing online. I also started working full time so I had very little time to go to the casino. I started playing on PartyPoker. Moved up from $3-6 HE short handed (fixed limit) to $10-20 HE short handed. I did well again winning over $25,000. I did not keep stats but this was won over 2 years playing 3-4 hours a week.

Then PartyPoker closed down for US player. I deposited $5000 on PokerStars and have been having troubles every since. I started playing 10-20 short-handed hold'em. Over a few months I lost $2000 so I switched down to $5-10 short-handed. That did not help either and in another few months I lost another $2000. A move to $3-6 led to further bleeding of chips. I simply could not win. I then deposited $1000 and started playing $2-4 short handed. I was hoping to build my bankroll up but I simply cannot succeed: I am staying even. Unfortunately I do not keep any online stats but have accumulated 75,000 FPP (as an idea of how many hands are involved).

I simply cannot understand why I am doing so poorly on PokerStars. I have analyzed my play many times and cannot find any obvious faults. For a while I thought I was playing too loose but then when "Winning in Tough Hold'em Games" came out I realized I played too tight. Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions would be most welcomed. I do not use any poker tracking software and perhaps that is part of my problem (I have really no table selection skills in that regards).

Thanks in advance.
Hatchadour