AdelsonFagundes
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Say a bunch! Good morning, ♠️♦️♥️♣️
Have you ever sat down to play promising that day you would have discipline...
and less than an hour later I was looking at the balance thinking: “how did this happen?” 😅
Well, it is. I know that feeling well.
Today I came to talk about something that, honestly, has given me a lot of headache .
After breaking the bench a few times , making decisions on the tilt that then go through a replay in my head and insisting on regaining the momentum, I began to realize something:
many times it wasn't even the letter that was the problem.
It was the way I was handling the game.
Over time, I adjusted some simple things that really made a difference for me.
Nothing miraculous. No secret formula.
Just a few habits that helped me stop bleeding money for nothing .
Grab a coffee there and let's go. ☕
🔹 1. Facing the reality of banking
That was the most boring part to accept.
Sometimes we want to play a limit that simply doesn't fit the bench - and try to convince ourselves that “it's going to work out”.
In practice... it almost never works.
To me, a base that makes sense is more or less this:
MTT: at least 100 buy-ins 💸
Cash game: around 30 buy-ins 💸
If the bank is short, going down the line isn't a shame .
Often, the best move isn't to force... it's to stay alive in the game.
🔹 2. Stop loss (even when angry)
I confess: for a long time I was ignorant of this.
I was losing two, three... and that classic voice was coming:
“Just one more that I get back.”
That's almost always where the damage increased .
Today I try to follow a simple rule:
If the day fell into place and hit a cool goal, I'm done
If it started to fall apart and it has crossed the limit I defined, I am also closing.
It's not always easy.
At the time it makes you want to insist.
But looking later, I realized that many of my biggest losses didn't come from the cards — they came from continuing to play when I was no longer well.
🔹 3. Write down what happened
It sounds silly, but it helped me more than I imagined, I started to write down a few things after the sessions:
In my case, I realized that there were days and times when I played much worse - not because I was unlucky, but because I was already sitting at the table on the automatic.
And that greatly changes the way we see the game itself.
🔸 A combined one?
If you decide to test this for a few days, try it for real.
Without changing everything at once.
Just try to play with a little more control... and a little less drive.
And now I take the opportunity to ask:
What habit hurt your bankroll the most?
👉 Tilt?
👉 Rising the limit too soon?
👉 Insist on recovering the same day?
For me, without a doubt, the most difficult was the stop loss. At the time it seemed like punishment. Today I see it more as protection.
👊 Faith in the chips and a bit of judgment with the bank.
Honest question for those who have ever broken the bank: 😁
What was the mistake that took you the longest to notice?
In my case, it took me a while to understand that continuing to play tilted was almost always more expensive than Bad Beat 😂
Have you ever sat down to play promising that day you would have discipline...
and less than an hour later I was looking at the balance thinking: “how did this happen?” 😅
Well, it is. I know that feeling well.
Today I came to talk about something that, honestly, has given me a lot of headache .
After breaking the bench a few times , making decisions on the tilt that then go through a replay in my head and insisting on regaining the momentum, I began to realize something:
many times it wasn't even the letter that was the problem.
It was the way I was handling the game.
Over time, I adjusted some simple things that really made a difference for me.
Nothing miraculous. No secret formula.
Just a few habits that helped me stop bleeding money for nothing .
Grab a coffee there and let's go. ☕
🔹 1. Facing the reality of banking
That was the most boring part to accept.
Sometimes we want to play a limit that simply doesn't fit the bench - and try to convince ourselves that “it's going to work out”.
In practice... it almost never works.
To me, a base that makes sense is more or less this:
MTT: at least 100 buy-ins 💸
Cash game: around 30 buy-ins 💸
If the bank is short, going down the line isn't a shame .
Often, the best move isn't to force... it's to stay alive in the game.
🔹 2. Stop loss (even when angry)
I confess: for a long time I was ignorant of this.
I was losing two, three... and that classic voice was coming:
“Just one more that I get back.”
That's almost always where the damage increased .
Today I try to follow a simple rule:
If the day fell into place and hit a cool goal, I'm done
If it started to fall apart and it has crossed the limit I defined, I am also closing.
It's not always easy.
At the time it makes you want to insist.
But looking later, I realized that many of my biggest losses didn't come from the cards — they came from continuing to play when I was no longer well.
🔹 3. Write down what happened
It sounds silly, but it helped me more than I imagined, I started to write down a few things after the sessions:
- profit or loss for the day
- at what moment did I start to get irritated
- if I played tired, in a hurry, or distracted
- what decisions bothered me after
In my case, I realized that there were days and times when I played much worse - not because I was unlucky, but because I was already sitting at the table on the automatic.
And that greatly changes the way we see the game itself.
🔸 A combined one?
If you decide to test this for a few days, try it for real.
Without changing everything at once.
Just try to play with a little more control... and a little less drive.
And now I take the opportunity to ask:
What habit hurt your bankroll the most?
👉 Tilt?
👉 Rising the limit too soon?
👉 Insist on recovering the same day?
For me, without a doubt, the most difficult was the stop loss. At the time it seemed like punishment. Today I see it more as protection.
👊 Faith in the chips and a bit of judgment with the bank.
Honest question for those who have ever broken the bank: 😁
What was the mistake that took you the longest to notice?
In my case, it took me a while to understand that continuing to play tilted was almost always more expensive than Bad Beat 😂
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