Body: I keep a small set of shot-taking rules in my notes, and reviewing them before a session stops me from turning a planned move into an impulsive one. This is what works for me on BetLounge, mostly around fantasy-sports-chat entries and the occasional card game session. The core rule is that a shot only happens when three things line up: the session-budget is above my comfort floor, the contest or table has a structure I understand, and I have a specific reason for taking the bigger swing. If any one of those is missing, I skip it and play my normal stakes. That sounds simple, but writing it down is what makes it repeatable. The three conditions deserve more detail, because this is where I used to fool myself. First, the session-budget floor. My comfort floor is not my total balance. It is the amount I need to play my normal stakes for the next week without feeling squeezed. If a shot would drop me below that, I do not take it, no matter how good the contest looks. This stops me from borrowing from tomorrow's calm session to fund today's excitement. Second, structure I understand. For , that means I know the scoring quirks of the specific contest, the player pool, and how late swaps work. For a card game session, it means I have played enough hands at the lower stake to recognize the table's pace and the types of players sitting there. A shot into an unfamiliar format is not a shot. It is a donation with extra steps. Third, a specific reason. Not "I feel lucky" or "I need to recover." A real reason looks like: the contest has a soft prize structure because two top players are missing, or the card table has tightened up and my normal aggression will not get paid off. If I cannot name the reason in one sentence before entering, I do not enter. I also cap shot-taking at one per session. A second shot, even after a win, usually means I am chasing a feeling instead of following a plan. When the shot ends, win or lose, I close the session or drop back to base stakes for the rest of it. The temptation to "ride the momentum" after a win is the most common way I have seen calm sessions turn into tilted ones. The part I used to ignore is the exit point. Before entering a shot, I decide the loss amount that ends it. Not a rough guess, a number. If that number hits, I stop. No "one more entry" or doubling to recover. That single rule has saved me from most of my worst sessions. I also set a win exit for the shot itself. If the shot doubles my stake, I close that position and return to base. This prevents the classic mistake of turning a successful shot into a long, losing grind because I wanted "just a little more." Finally, I log the shot in one line: what I played, why it qualified, and the result. The log is not for analysis paralysis. It is so that next month I can see whether my reasons for taking shots are actually good ones or just boredom dressed up as strategy. I review it once a month, usually with a cup of tea, and delete entries that no longer teach me anything. What rules do you use before you move up in stakes?