Daily Goals

What does everyone think of the idea of limiting how much you are going to earn in a day? Do you see it as too constricting or a way of preventing yourself from becoming too tired or losing focus?

I hate $$ goals in general. Set a number of hands goal then quit regardless of if you're up or you're down. Limiting your winning days seems like a really bad idea.

^^^This - I always set hand goals - and play at least the minimum number of hands set.

You can call me crazy, but if I'm on a table full of spewtard fish and on some run good, not you, the pope or the president himself is gonna get me off that table, lol.

I prefer limiting the amount I will lose. At some point, losing makes me kinda sad and tilty. So setting that losing limit keeps my bankroll in existence.

If I am winning, I'm going to keep playing. Unless I have to go do something else, like, um, work or sleep. Why would one set a limit on how much one wins? (OK, there is the tilt that one gets when one is on a heater -- you start to play hands you shouldn't because you cannot lose....until you do.)

I can only play for so long, though. Too long, I get tired and my game goes south.

Actually, stopping when you have won a certain amount would keep you from losing it, and would mean your bankroll keeps increasing. Maybe it's not stupid.

if your winning you better darn well enjoy it because sometimes it doesn't happen for a long spell.Just ask some of the poker maniacs on here and they will tell you players go through periods of card deadness!If your at a table and your catching nice hold cards thats catching the board.... my friend i strongly suggest you stay!

Building on this.... Do you think it's a bad idea not to set a certain number of hands to play in a day and then quit. For example, I have all night to play. Should I just play till I'm tired or done or instead say I'm going to play X hands tonight and then be done. Is it detrimental to just play without time constraints?

I just think being able to quit when your down (actually when you're not playing well) is an important skill to master. So many people end up playing their longest sessions when they're running / playing their worst because they're just trying to get back to break even. Those same people often quit early when they're up and presumably playing their best. Seems kind of backwards to me.

To answer your question though, if you can quit when you get tired / stop playing your best, that's probably better than setting an arbitrary number of hands.

if im losing ill take an hour break

if im winning ill keep playing until i start losing a few in a row

other then that its just play play play. no other restrictions

but sometimes when im up i dont want to get greedy and lose everything so i go to bed happy instead of playing

I agree that setting a win limit is silly. You could be losing $$ by doing that. I do have a rule for myself and that is to recognize when I peak out with my wins.

Setting a loss limit isn't a bad idea if you are prone to tilt or running bad.

I do like the time limit idea or # of hands idea. I tend to do the time limit myself.

I actually have limits for myself, both for winning and losing. However, I wouldn't come on here and give information that others should do the same.. I do it for mental reasons (even if they aren't mathematically correct) and it works for me..

if u set yourself limits and u dont hit them, how fast is your game going to suffer,,ide say ,,,,BIG TIME,,,,your never gunna hit your target every time u play,,,take it from me ,it doesnt matter how well u play ,,u cant allow for chance hands that kill your percentage ov money u should be makin ,if u wanna earn money online and not work....remmember as well as the money u earn from poker u still gotta pay the bills,,ie househld,,THEN FUND YOUR HABBIT

Just out of intrest WV why quit after you reach your hand goal, would you not carry on if your running hot?

Because I don't believe in running hot and I know I start to play bad after about 1K hands in a given session.

Fair enough I should have said playing your A++ game other than running hot but I understand that playing too much can lead too mistakes and bad play.

I prefer to set my limits on losses. Frustration tends to hurt my game. That and fatigue, poker is a game of concentration for me. So a limit on the number of hours per day is a good ides for me.