Originally Posted by
redietz
You're missing the gist, Alan. Discipline doesn't lie in stopping after losing a certain amount. Discipline lies in knowing what you're doing in a complete and prepared fashion, and structuring what you're doing so risk of ruin is some one in a million fantasy. Discipline lies in the preparation, not the execution. In this particular instance, part of the discipline is sticking to 80% 25-cent video poker that I know well, taking advantage of every promo day available to play the bulk of it, and playing it only when not fatigued. Nothing devastating or bad is going to happen to me playing video poker. I've never walked away from a video poker session wailing about how I lost much more than expected and how I lost control or was drunk or something. Hasn't happened; never will.