Learn this game or go back to where I came from. Need advice

I haven’t posted here in a while but I need your advice again. I learned Limit mostly from reading SSH and FTR posts and was doing fine at the limits I was playing (moving from 2-4 to 9-18 b&M). After our B&M limit games dried up, I moved to NL 3 months back.
So far I have played 300 hours of NL @ B&M.
100$ Buyin - 83 hours +$970
300$ buyin - 220 hours -$436
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Net: 506$ in about 300 hours...PATHETIC

Now, most of these hours in the beginning I was learning NL and making fundamental mistakes (overplaying AK, c-betting where shouldn’t, stacking off with 1 pair, stacking off against flushes etc, some bad runs ). Now that I have gotten the hang of it, I feel like I have improved a lot in the past 3 months but still feel frustrated time to time. Also even though I feel I have learnt a lot, my results don’t reflect that.

Arguments in sticking to NL:
1) I love this game a lot more than Limit. I never need to read magazines while playing this game and getting cold run of cards. Just watching the action makes it interesting enough for me.
2) Variance is lower.
3) If I eventually get this game, then I will make a lot of money + not getting crazy with downswings that are so common in limit.

Arguments for quitting:
1) I am losing money (if you consider time value of money). If I was playing 4-8 ----- 6-12 I would have won at least 3-4 grand playing limits.
2) Maybe I will never get this game no matter how hard I try.

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1) Can a winning limit player supposedly NEVER get this game no matter how hard he tries.

2) Should a player keep plugging away learning a game where as he could be making money if he was playing a different game. In short, should winning money be more important than playing a game that I actually enjoy a lot more.

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[Full Tilt Player]

You know I gotta say this. When I started out, which took me 2 1/2 days, I was a nervous wreck at the table. Then more and more down the road it was like, pshhhh this is soooo easy.

I say like this.

When you do a buy in to gain more money, it is so easy to really gain control of the game.

Heres what you need to do.

When you start a buy in game say for like 5oo and the winnings are so high, when your own chips are high you wanna really see how everyone else plays. If you have a good hand, like say face cards and ten, you can play it. I usually have good feelings about hands and they don't let me down. Go ahead and play that hand.

Now, so what if the money goes up. Some people like to out other players into putting their chips in pre-flop, just to put the pot up.

Go along for the ride, at least until the flop shows. Now, if you have a good stretch, play until you figure the board has got you beat and another player will win. Make sure you check players out and how they play. That's really important.

Some people play tight so they can let other people fall. But it doesn't work all the time.

If you have a good hand, and you've been playing for a good while at the moment, try showing some balls and anty up large. It can push other players out, and you could have a higher chance of getting that pot.

Bet low at first, let the other players raise, this way they don't figure you for a good hand, and then once they raise, and you are sure your hand is explosive, go ahead and re-raise. You could end up with the nuts.

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