And here is a case for a loss limit. What the AP in the OP did was tilt. Tilt occurs when you get so frustrated and/or angry that you stop making rational decisions. Usually this is because of a prolonged stretch of running bad. Normally if you get angry or frustrated that emotion gets defused by the passage of time. But if you are getting angry and frustrated for long periods of time, then that builds up day to day and is not completely resolved by sleep or the passage of time. The result is you get very vulnerable to tilting when you are in this state, because the slightest thing can set you off.
The Mental Game of Poker by Jared Tendler is probably the best book for addressing tilt. Any professional AP putting in long hours is crazy if they don't read this book.
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