Using sit and go tournaments to save you from yourself.

Playing poker isn`t always profitable. Your bankroll took a beating like you haven't experienced before. It's like the RNG has fixated on you and your hard working poker bankroll. It might be tough to walk away from the computer at times, in the face of everything seemingly working against you. It's your day off and the house is to yourself. You have been looking forward to this day all week long. It's just that the winning part of the plan didn't come through.

Your instincts tell you to keep playing because that's what you do. Your poker can always improve, and bad luck does go away. The problem with thinking is that that is usually the time when your luck gets worse. Sometimes playing poker can be difficult and we have all experinced such times where nothing goes right.

It's easy to break the rules in these trying times, to try and make your money back. However breaking bankroll rules is just a segway to Murphy's Law, and you're generally only to have more to complain about and more to be remorseful after you have finally had your fill.

When I get in spots like this, where I really really really want to keep playing, I satisfy or by playing sit and go tournaments. Not just any sit and go tournaments but the low low low limit's is what I'm talking about here. I mean the one or two dollar heads up, or six seated single table tournaments. First of all not only is your competition week at these levels, a good number of them don't even care if they win or not - seriously. Sometimes, it's just that simple of a strategy.

If I am going to have a losing bankroll session, I would at least really like to finish it on a winning note. You can't imagine how good that is going to make you feel walking away from the computer and back to your other life by simply winning a poker tournament. You just don't want to go to bed on a losing note, as that is likley to stick on your mood. Which is much better than reliving some of the bad beats, idiotic players, or string of ridiculously bad hole cards.

Even if you don't play many sit and go tournaments, this is really a great psychological strategy to keep your head about you, finish your session on a positive note, and keep an open mind about positive long-term sit and go strategies and results. Be warned here that when you are on edge of just losing it, it may be time to go find a low buy-in sit and go tournament, and play tight-aggressive.