What You Really
Need To Know About Money Management
We'll make it short
and simple: If the games's good and you're a favorite, keep
playing. If it's a lousy games and you're an underdog, quit!
Never mind whether you're winning or losing.
Of course, you may
not be a favorite even if you'd normally outclass your opponents
by a country mile. You may be tired, physically ill, distracted
and unable to concentrate, or just stressed out. Emotional
imbalance - whatever its cause - puts you off your best
games.
What if you're in
a good games and you're $1,000 ahead? Should you really quit
when you're on a roll? Hey, if the games's that good, and
you have no other pressing commitments, why not go right
on playing" After all, you're a favorite. Chances are
you'll win even more money.
But whether you win
or lose from that point on, the results weren't predictable
in advance. Your future results are always up for grabs,
whether you keep playing right now or pack it in to return
tomorrow or next month. The poker games - your lifelong games
- goes on, so the specific segments of time you mark off
for play are purely arbitrary.
