Don't Play Bigger Games to Make Your Bankroll Back

[Bawse]

Nobody likes to lose, and see their bankroll disappear. However, if you play bigger buy-ins when you start to lose a stretch of games it's likely you'll go broke.
It's a common mistake by recreational players, and even players that play all the time. Some players completely ignore bankroll management.

If you want to succeed long term you need discipline, and you can't break bankroll management during moments where you become frustrated.
I get frustrated all the time, it happens. Bad beats happen. Variance will eventually turn around, and you will be rewarded for playing solid.

Anyone ever break bankroll management out of frustration?

I know I've done it, more times than I would like to admit. I'm always trying to improve my discipline, and stick to my gameplan.

 

[EmperorTee]

Let me be honest, I'm guilty of this. After a series of losses, I usually get tempted to play bigger buy-ins so I could recover. In most instances it doesn't end well.
Safe to say I learned the hard way.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

It’s not a good decision to recover losses by playing bigger game. It's very is crucial to adhere to a money management strategy in betting regardless of the situation.

 

[Kross]

When you are able overcome that urge "to get it back" in poker, you are well on your way to manage your poker bankroll properly. I have been frustrated at the table too and tilted too and ultimately killed my entire bankroll. I think that breaks would go a long way to to reset a poker player's mental state when they are frustrated with losses.

 

[magnus2022]

I have never seen a poker player who is not guilty of this crime. Discipline in gambling is paramount but at the end of the day, our greediness overcome our resolutions. I continue to state that bankroll management is the most difficult aspect of every gaming experience. If we can discipline our greediness, we will definitely succeed in poker games.

 

[Henry]

Let me be honest, I'm guilty of this. After a series of losses, I usually get tempted to play bigger buy-ins so I could recover. In most instances it doesn't end well.
Safe to say I learned the hard way.

It is just greed and that's the emotion that makes most players lose more. I would rather stick to my bankroll management skills than rip it apart as a result of some small losses that I've encountered over a period.

 

[Kins G]

When I am playing well and I am still losing, I just feel like to punish the "poker gods" by increasing my stakes. I feel like variance stole something from me and I have to get it back. I have chased losses with bigger buy-ins and blown up entire bankrolls in a very short time. I am learning to take breaks when I feel like that.