On a positive note, I started at "newly formed tables" and had a pair of small winning sessions
1. I ballooned up 1 buyin, but settled on small win.
2. I had a short 1 hour session and booked a small win.
Recently, I had a 2.2 buyin score just recently (my first true "win" when joining an existing table, although I had played with some of the players in previous sessions)!
I'm still definitely inexperienced when at a brand new table of 9 players at 2-5 (note LV sessions)
I have been logging hours almost weekly since August at live poker venues in Cleveland (Nautica Charity Poker) to play 2-5 NLHE or traveling to Pittsburgh to play at Rivers Casino at either the 2-5 NLHE, 1-3 PLO (w/ 5 bringin), and some 10-20 LO8 or 4-8 LO8 w/ Full Kill.