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[Denutz]

Over the past 6 months I've managed to build up a respectable br, but several times I'll have one night where I lose between 30-50% of my br. Most recently I lost 2.4k of my 4.2k br in one night - playing mostly 2/4NL ($400/$800 max buy-in). It's mostly come back, but I can't help thinking if I could avoid these disastrous nights I would be incredibly better off.

What I find most frustrating is that I'll continue to play a hand when I KNOW I'm beat - on a board of J63, I'll hold 67 and know the other person hit their trip jacks, but on the 5% chance I'm wrong I'll stick in a significant portion of my stack.

I know this is vague, but do any old hands have advice on how to avoid nights like this? I know I should leave the table, but I as I get more and more stuck, it just gets harder to leave.

Do people use a loss-limit (daily, weekly, session)? I was thinking of instituting one, but I think I'll have trouble sticking to it. Any advice is greatly appreciated.