I've been terrible - starting fresh

I used to be so good at poker. I started in 2004 from a no-deposit $5 bonus and by 2005 I was able to purchase and pay off a new car with the profit I made. I worked my way up each limit, starting from the very bottom, making sure I had at least 25-50 buy-ins. Most of my winnings came from the $100 to $200 HU SNG's.

Ever since 2006 though, I've been a break even player. I haven't had any huge losses, but at the same time I haven't had any wins. My bankroll just kind of sits there...

My first problem was that I just a got a bit burnt out from heads up sng's. I decided to try out some other games, but rather then dropping down limits and working my way up, I would start pretty high. I'd be playing $20/$40 limit holdem, $400PLO, and up to $1,000NLH cash games without any prior experience. That got me nowhere.

Then, for a while, I experimented with multi-tabling low limit sng's. The idea is that the low limit games are so bad that you can just play ABC style poker and maintain a positive ROI. This didn't work for me either. I'd play 12 tables at a time for 4 hours+ and end up with about the same amount or less then I started with.

With my confidence shot, I started looking for more of a sure thing, so I tried getting into propping. Small sites, usually with less then 5 tables running a tune, hire props in an attempt to get new tables running. They'd give you back the rake you generated as payment. Theoretically it seemed like you could be making $3,000+ each month from your rake alone. Of course, that didn't work out. The sites never had anything above $50NL running and the tables were just filled with other props.

I decided that I'm going to go back to basics. I'll start from single-tabling $50HU SNG's and (hopefully) work my way up in stakes/tables slowly. I'll be using this blog to track my progress and keep myself motivated. GL to me