I've talked to my buddies about this a dozen times... when you say to yourself I should leave now... it's getting late and I'm at a good stopping point. But then, the love of the game says,... I'll wait until my bb or,... I'll go one more orbit... and then the next thing you know you've lost half your stack or majority of your profit... Damn! Now I have to stay... RIGHT?...
Last night was a perfect example of that... and not being disciplined since I know that's how it works.
The game had somewhat of a mellow feel. Primarily the "older" crowd with a few younger but newer guys so it was somewhat of a quiet table with good size pots. I was in the zone and the cards were coming my way. Got lucky a couple times and had the right reads.
I looked at the clock and thought I should go now, since I'm up about 175 and this way I won't be too tired in the morning. Then I said to myself I'll just go one more orbit and leave... Well sure enough within three hands I decided to "make a move" and lost all of my profit and was down 25... so needless to say, I had to get my head back on straight, and I decided to stay to prove to myself that so much of the game is frame of mind.
A new player showed up (one we all like to see - he digs very deep into his pocket and will go 1800 deep while continuing to play bad, and donk off all his chips... we call him "Helmuth" because of the comments he makes after he gets called and loses lol)
I stayed solid and got back to 50 up within an hour... I really didn't want to leave but I looked at the clock and thought I should leave so I'm not too tired tomorrow at work.
Discipline Discipline Discipline... reduces the torture and losses!
$50 up
Cash me out!
