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Originally Posted by Ac3sWild
I deposited $300 15 months ago and my lack of discipline led me to playing in the casino and MTT.
Losing $300 over 15 months is not bad. You're talking a $20/month loss. That's not bad, and there are more expensive past times. You might want to count up your total number of hours played and see how it stacks up against things like going to the movies or something like that.
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I promised myself the $300 was my only shot at attempting to make poker an additional income for me and have found myself in my current $37 bankroll.
If you've decided that $300 is the only money you would ever throw into poker, so be it. Discipline and self-control are fine, but it's not healthy to be pedantic about it.
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I’m looking for advice on remaining disciplined when it feels like you want to move quicker...
Focus on what you're learning and not your bankroll. Maybe check your impulses a bit. In the back of your mind, are you viewing poker as some sort of "get rich" scheme?
Or perhaps you feel bored. Why are you bored? Are you in auto-pilot all the time? Are you looking for the adrenaline rush of having "real" money on the line (because seriously, nickel-dime poker isn't "real" money).
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and any guidance on mentality or attitude tricks everyone uses for moving up the ranks the old fashioned way... Think bankroll challenge from winning a free roll to moving up the ranks .
I used to be pretty hardcore about the 300 BB rule. But after a while, I realized just how artificial of a construct it is. Do you even know where it comes from, or what it means? What do you understand about risk of ruin (or risk-taking in general)?
The "old-fashioned way" of climbing the ranks isn't what you think it is. The people who climb the ranks rarely do it in such a rigid manner. They take shots when they feel their bankroll is large enough to take the risk. They table select to find the softest games, which is something at their normal level, but if there's a good game at the higher level, they take their chances. It pretty much has always been this way.
Basically, you're holding yourself to a reality that doesn't exist. This doesn't mean that you don't need to develop discipline, but it might help you to know that the thing you're holding yourself to is already quite uncommon, and that might help you feel less bad about it.