[SirFWALGMan]

The worse single day loss of my career so far has been $1200. It was when I first started playing. I had no discipline. I would lose a little at .50/1 or 1/2, and jump up to 2/4, 3/6, 5/10.. you get the idea, trying to win it all back. This worked a few times, but eventually it caught up to me and I blew my whole stack one night (It was actually probably 3AM). It was a disaster and devistating. It was also the best day of my poker career so far. It taught me the important lesson of not playing over my bankroll, and playing within my limits.

The worse loss since then was a 50BB slide. If you are playing two tables and have a bad night you can easily lose this much. It was well within my bankroll and the next night I came back and had the best night of my life, an 83+BB night! Sweet!

The loses that are scary are the long term ones. I have had a two week period where nothing went right, and I just kept losing. I have heard of much longer periods of this happening. You will go through this at some point in time, and you will not like it, and you might start doubting yourself. Just keep playing your game and hang in there.

Now my advice. If you a crying about a small loss like the one you had last night, you need to get a better mindset about the whole thing or you will end up destroying your bankroll at some point in time. You really need to realize that some night are going to be bad, but it is all a part of the long term variance of the game. So get with it, do not sweat the small losses, and do not get overly excited about the large wins. Keep within your limits, and keep your emotions under control. Now Get back out there and win!