B&M - leaving when WAY up

[AlienBoy]

You should leave when table conditions deteriorate. The following denotes table conditions:


1) Quality of players. How many are donating to the game? How many are outplaying you?

2) General game: Are there more than 4 players to a flop? Are people getting swept up in "gamble fever"?

3) Quality of YOU: This is the *most important*. Did you just finish a rush, and now you feel invincible? Are you playing hands not present in any starting hand chart just because you think you can? Are you getting caught up in gambler fever? Are you fatigued? Going too far with mediocre holdings? Calling all the way down because you don't believe that fish could have a real hand?

Watch it.

The single most important "table condition" is YOU.

If you just finished a rush, and are buoyant with adrenaline, you are a danger to yourself! *THIS* is a good reason to take a break.

Myself, I now know that I need to take a break and walk around after any hat trick. Or even leave and change tables/limits.

While it is true that it's "all one long session" from a probability standpoint, it is certainly NOT all one long session from your psychological viewpoint.

I've been logging "session peaks" in my log book - I find these peaks are typically within the first 2-3 hours of play, and if I continue past this point I invariably leave the session lower. After 4 hours of play, I have to be very careful, and it's very difficult to keep focused and profitable.


AB

P.S.: Up $250 in 4/8 Kill isn't "way up" by any stretch of the imagination.