Even Professional players make mistakes when we are really on the field. Gambling is always a battle of mind and emotion. I'm still licking my wound from playing at one of the online casinos last night.

I went to Titan Poker for a game of Blackjack with a starting bankroll of $400. After a couple round of calculative and systematic plays, I managed to get my bankroll up to $2,500. The plays continued into late night roughly around to 2am so I was a bit weary and stoned. My emotion started to get erratic due to the tiredness. I lost my professional judgment and went into flat betting with $100 bets infinitely. So naturally I ended with zero bankroll. If you are tired, you should stop playing. It was my mistake to start the play with insufficient mental preparation. When I'm down to zero, my emotion urged me to deposit more to get back the losses. However, my professional side got hold of me so I just cut my losses, went to sleep and woke up this morning feeling like load of shit thinking about last night tryst with the Queen of Spade, lol!

Instead of lamenting my losses, I went through all my mistakes today. Running through my checklist, I can see that I broke so many of my rules even before I went into the field. The first mistake is I went gambling when I was tired and exhausted from the day work. Secondly, I failed to respect my stop-loss limit. So, the moral of the story is, you will need to constantly learn from your mistakes and strive not to repeat the same mistakes ever again. This is part and puzzle of a professional gambler. Failing to learn from your mistakes will only spell doom to your gambling career. So, I could have ended up $2,500 richer last night but I ended up $400 poorer due to my mistakes. Professionals are not perfect but only those who learn from their mistakes are the true winners!