does playing stud screw up your holdem game? (+some B&M stuff)

[bholdr]

It sure seems to for me. I am a half-decent holdem player (not quite 2BB/100 at 1/2 6 max and breakeven at 3/6) and i've noticed that my hold 'em play has been going down hill over the last 20k hands or so... winrate dropping, i'm being too aggressive, my starting hand selection is all over the place... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

and the only thing i can think of is that i started playing lots of stud at about the same time... maybe it's that i play mostly hi-lo. i don't know... I'm wondering if anyone else's hold 'em game has suffered since you began concentrating on stud, or have you noticed the opposite?

I also notice that i have a hard time shifting gears back into holdem when i've been playing lots of stud; During bonus time i almost play 1/2 6 max hold 'em exclusivly, when i have no bonus to clear, it's nothing but stud/8- when i get the bonus and start to play, my brain is still in stud mode, and it takes me a while (usually about 100$, unfourtunatly) to get mindset right. maybe i should be re-reading SSHE more...

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well, i'd like to hear people's experiences, coping stratigies, etc... sorry for the rambling and kind of pointless post- here's some stud content:

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I was playing some 4/8 last night at diamond lil's, a cardroom in renton washington (i live in seattle)- it holds about 10 tables and is a pretty nice place, although the comps suck and the chairs are uncomfortable. anywhoo, I noticed that there was an omaha /8 kill game going and an intrest list for stud! stud at a cardroom! i lack the patience to drive all the way to auburn (about 40min from my place) to play in the rock garden of a 10/20 game that only goes on saturdays (or so i hear- i haven't been there), but i really want to play some live stud. i got my name on the list, and sat at a hold 'em table.

After an hour, i was still the only person intrested in stud. i started chatting it up with the guys at my table, asking them if anybody else would be intrested in getting a stud or stud/8 game going, they all looked at me like i must be nuts. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] (not saying i'm not, but you should have seen the looks on their faces)

When i left about four hours later (right after my KK ran into a LAG with AA [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]), i was still the only person intrested in stud. i asked the floorman when the game goes, and he looks at me and says, "well, i've been working here for a year..."

nevermind.

appearently there's a 1-4 spread limit game at tualip up in marysville, but there's no way i'm driving 40 min to play 1-4. *sighs*