Re: Stop playing when you are up
Poker is not just math - the psychology is also very important. I leave after an extraordinary hand, or a hat trick of good hands, when I'm up.
Why? not for the reasons you might think.
When I just drag in a huge pot, or 3 big pots in a row (hat trick), my endorphin levels have skyrocketed. I feel invincible, and this is going to affect my play. Screw it. Leave, take a break, calm down, get a hooker, hang with some friends, watch TV. FORGET that you just stacked 3 people at once.
Return to the tables rested, and after you've come down from the "drug" of the endorphin rush.
AB
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