Limit Your Downside Risk

Poker is a life-long game. The true final score of your poker game is not decided until after you have completed the final hand you play in your life and can tally all of your winnings and losses. However, poker is played and tracked session by session. You can limit your downside losses in a session without limiting your possible upside gains. There are a several reasons to do this. Limiting your downside losses can help with each of the following:

Prevent you from going broke

For example, some players make it a rule to quit when they get down $100 during a session. Setting a reasonable downside limit with respect to your bankroll will keep winning players from ever going bust. NOTE, I said winning players. If you are not a winning player, please check-out our guide, Texas Help 'Em, an online players guide to winning at low-limit Texas Hold