I took your advice into consideration and have been playing a much more aggressive game, and i've loosened up my preflop a bit too. It's been a great success so far, mostly because i see myself slowly gaining a big stack at the table by winning a multitude of small - medium pots rather than sitting and waiting for 2 hours to double up. I've played about 1-2k hands with this readjusted strat, and i am down because of some really bad beats but think over time, my variance will definitely increase but so will my BB/100. I've also kept myself to 3-4 tables at a time.
Thanks everyone

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