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Old 12-18-07, 07:42 AM
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This is the key to the post for me. If you said you had lost it all in one hand of 5/10 NL or something, it would be about bankroll. With blackjack it is about learning that even if the dealer did "have what they were supposed to have" you were still losing money every hand by playing in the long run.

If you have turned the corner into a profitable poker player, you should also lose the interest in playing games where you have no inherent profit and are therefore always hoping to get lucky in the short term.

This assumes you are playing to make money or increase your bankroll and not solely for entertainment.

Are you asking for specific bankroll recommendations? It sounds like you are just admitting you have some control issues to yourself and it sounds like that is something you should give some thought to before you continue to deposit.

One key part of managing a bankroll (or having one in the first place) is that it has some meaning to you to maintain it. If you don't really care and can redeposit another $100+ tommorrow, then you will always have this problem of winning and then blowing it because you are not really TRYING TO WIN (know around here as SWA-ing away your winnings).

I would suggest that you post specific problems you continue to have and you can search the forum for bankroll management and you should find some good threads about setting up some basic structure to your POKER play.

Good Luck.
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