How Much Can You Lose Without Thinking About It

Playing on 3 tables today $1/$2 limit, I started out hitting a couple big hands and was up about $25 this seems to happen to me a lot.  Then I keep playing and slowly start losing.  

I was playing ok, I just started getting hands that were second best.

• Two pair A2 against A3 flop A23.  


• Q9 against QT.  


• AA against TT, flop 10’s hit their set on the river.

By this time I had played for about an hour and had lost the $25 I was up plus another $40 and I noticed I was starting to get concerned about how much money I was losing.

It didn’t seem like I was playing different but I noticed I was starting to think I can bet because I know I will lose, and I started losing more.

I think there is some point where you lose so much that it has an impact on your game for me it looks like it is about $40.

Once I hit that point I started thinking a lot about how much I was losing, and I think that changed my game.  If you can just keep playing the same game then I don’t think it makes that much difference but when you start thinking about it after ever play then you need to get off.

I got KK and raised to the river against one other player who had JT and caught a back door straight.  That was it for me, I know that over time I would have to make money off someone who played like that.  Calling on the turn with a gutshot straight draw.

Some days they cards just don’t fall in your favor and you have to deal with that.