Originally Posted by LarryS View Post
so I ask this seriously.....what made you stop at 8800...if you had access to 100,000.
100k is my total bankroll (it's actually more than that, but I set it at 100k to start every year). BUT, I don't carry that around. It only takes 1 robbery (which I have had) or even some sort of incident of misplaced money (or chips), to learn that you have to find some compromise position.

I have an amount that I leave home with each day. And if I lose early and fairly substantial and want to continue playing, I have the ability to replenish at least enough to continue for another session or two. At my midlevel of play you can do that just by arranging slightly higher ATM withdraw limits. So if I lose early I replensh as needed and continue with my day. If I lose after my lunch break, towards the end of my day, I am usually content to quit early and call it a day, rather than run somewhere to replenish. But I am talking about quitting an hour earlier than I otherwise would have, not half a day, because it "feels like a bad day".

I can't even remember now, but I think that was the case last week. I know I had a high EV total, so I played most of the day, but I might have stopped just a tad earlier than I would have rather than run somewhere and replace funds for one more session.

I have the luxury to do that. Sometimes I am in the car being driven to one final casino for one more session and I will decide, ahh....I've played enough, racked up enough EV for today. "Let's head home". That is a benefit of self employment.