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Message: [QUOTE="SavagePenguin, post: 706592, member: 22087"] Yes, $50 is enough if you manage it. I deposited $50 in late Sept. Last week I cashed out some, leaving me with $500. I play the micro 6-max tables on PokerStars. I had made a deposit earlier, but donked that off. I found that my biggest problem was accountability. That is, if I was up $30 I would play crappy because I was only losing winnings. When I was down, I put my nose to the grindstone until I was up a comfortable amount. I had a lot of ups and downs like that, and realized that the downs were totally unnecessary. In Early Oct. I decided to be serious. I moved up from from the $.01/$.02 tables (which were too tight and difficult to take seriously) and I started using the trial version of PokerTracker. PokerTracker helped a *lot*. It made me accountable for my actions. Instead of seeing a small loss for a session as "just losing $.25" I started seeing it as a dreaded red mark on my PokerTracker stats. I set a lot of rules for myself as well. I'm not allowed to drink if I play poker. No TV, no music (if I'm bored at the table then I'm not concentrating like I should). I set a bankroll limit before I could move up to the $25 tables, but I had a hot streak (coming out ahead 27/28 games) and decided to increase my bankroll limit before I moved. Well, I reached that a week later. I was just about to go on Christmas vacation out-of-state, so I decided that, barring any big losses, I'd wait until New Year's to move up. I refuse to play above my bankroll, as that's what kills a lot of players. Should I lose enough I'll move to smaller limits. Call it better management or self-punishment, it's something I'm willing to do. What it all boils down to is discipline and accountability. Well, there's skill involved too. I've read several books, read several forums, and have watched a lot of tutorial videos. (I haven't seen the ones on this site yet, but I've downloaded them). Oh... and I cannot stress the importance of table selection either. [/QUOTE]

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