I have a hard time getting myself to stop playing for example yesterday I was up $300 I thought since I'm doing so good may as well keep going, then I lost $50 and I got tilted so I thought I need to make that money back so I started playing so poorly that I think a 6 year old could clear me out calling everything and just doing stupid bets. Then the more I kept losing the more I had this "I don't care anymore" mentality and played even worse not only did I lose the $300 profit I also lost $500 of my buy in. If I'm up I keep playing if I'm down I keep playing and then when I wipe out my bankroll I stop playing for a few days and then I'm back at it again. I can't get myself to stay in a positive bankroll for more than 4 days because I never stop playing when I should because the time never seems quite right. Any suggestions?
I find for me, not everybody, but for me I go in to the session with a plan. Yes I will cut my profit but I protect myself against, well...myself.
So when I was a live cash game player $100nl, I'd bring $300, $200 in my pocket and $100 outside in my car.
Here was my system:
Buy-in for $100, if I get to $400, that's my last hand and no matter what I make myself go home. I know a lot of people say that's a bad idea and you should play a set time limit and I agree with them, if, and only if, you can not tilt.
So moving on, if I lost my first buyin, and I played "correctly" I immediately rebuy for another $100. If that gets to $400, same story, I'm out. However, if I go broke again I have the whole walk to the car to figure out if it's worth going back in, or just get into the car and go home.
So, I'm walking to the car to get my last buy in I brought, now I'm reviewing all the crucial
hands I played.
Answer yourself honesty, did I run bad or play bad. If I ran bad, I'm going back in, if I played bad, no need to burn more money today. Come back tomorrow refreshed and get back to my game.
Now, if I go back, I'm still shooting for that $400 mark, trying to salvage a small profit on the day and not much more.
You don't have to use this system, but I think it's a good idea to create your own system tailored to you, just have a plan before you even sit down at the tables.
Gl, sorry this is so long