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stil370
Visionary
Platinum Level
Hi Everybody,
I've been playing poker now for more than 15 years. I have studied the game a great deal. Currently, the games I play are most often 6 max SNG. These games really fit my lifestyle. I play turbos, NOT hyper turbos. I would say the average game lasts 25 minutes.
I was recently inspired by a young man on this forum who has meticulously recorded his poker play (in the challenges forum if you are interested). He was kind enough to reply to a message I had sent him about bankroll management and to my surprise he told me that BRM is the only thing he does NOT have a problem with.
Surprising considering that for many of us, it is our biggest issue..
Anyway, my point is that after checking out his posts, I decided that I too would keep a concise record of my play. It didn't take me long to figure out that not only is BRM a problem for me but that Tilt is the biggest contributing factor to my poor bankroll management skills.
As I stated, he inspired me and I started a similar challenge for myself on restarting a bankroll with a zero balance only using freerolls (thanks CC) and 25 cent SNG on Globalpoker. I quickly accumulated a nice profit of $116 in 14 days.
Nice right?
But the downside is that I did not stick to the plan and tilt took over and I overstepped my boundaries and started playing 10NL cash. Cash by the way isn't something that i play that well or often for that matter, so the result is I am sadly back down to approximately $7.
$116 profit staying within the guidelines I had set for myself and a loss of $109 when Tilt and poor brm reared their ugly head.
I started thinking that I should have spent as much time studying tilt control as I did learning the other aspects of the game at a certain point in my development. So, as of today, I am giving myself the gift of constantly learning new ways to study about tilt and how to minimize this inevitable monster.
I hope this post can save a few bankrolls..
I've been playing poker now for more than 15 years. I have studied the game a great deal. Currently, the games I play are most often 6 max SNG. These games really fit my lifestyle. I play turbos, NOT hyper turbos. I would say the average game lasts 25 minutes.
I was recently inspired by a young man on this forum who has meticulously recorded his poker play (in the challenges forum if you are interested). He was kind enough to reply to a message I had sent him about bankroll management and to my surprise he told me that BRM is the only thing he does NOT have a problem with.
Surprising considering that for many of us, it is our biggest issue..
Anyway, my point is that after checking out his posts, I decided that I too would keep a concise record of my play. It didn't take me long to figure out that not only is BRM a problem for me but that Tilt is the biggest contributing factor to my poor bankroll management skills.
As I stated, he inspired me and I started a similar challenge for myself on restarting a bankroll with a zero balance only using freerolls (thanks CC) and 25 cent SNG on Globalpoker. I quickly accumulated a nice profit of $116 in 14 days.
Nice right?
But the downside is that I did not stick to the plan and tilt took over and I overstepped my boundaries and started playing 10NL cash. Cash by the way isn't something that i play that well or often for that matter, so the result is I am sadly back down to approximately $7.
$116 profit staying within the guidelines I had set for myself and a loss of $109 when Tilt and poor brm reared their ugly head.
I started thinking that I should have spent as much time studying tilt control as I did learning the other aspects of the game at a certain point in my development. So, as of today, I am giving myself the gift of constantly learning new ways to study about tilt and how to minimize this inevitable monster.
I hope this post can save a few bankrolls..
