When do people end their sessions
 

The question is fairly straightforward, when do you decide to call it quits for the session? I would think a list would include reasons like:

1.) Reached goal of xxxx hands or x hours.
2.) Tags everywhere on all your tables, aka games suck.
3.) Stop loss of x buyins reached.
4.) Up x buyins, no longer want to play.
5.) Large swings.
6.) Boredom.
7.) (insert reason here)

I'm sure there are more so feel free to add on.

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8. lose an 11k pot at 3/6.

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8. lose an 11k pot at 3/6.

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Hand please...

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usually when boredom sets in, or I make a bad mistake (or too many small ones), or when I'm down a few buyins.

I also quit alot after I get in to a marginal spot in a big pot, because I feel the need to pull up the hand and analyze it/ask friends opinions etc.

needless to say, I don't end up getting many hands in each month [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img].

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9. HOT gf goes to bed.

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feel a little bit of tilt.

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combo of 1, 2, and 6.

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2, 4, and 6

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I do on average 2 sessions a day, my first session is almsot always 2 hours long, my 2nd one I just do until i get tired/bored/horny for porn.

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2,6, but I always set a length that I generally play around (unless the games get bad or a bet bored). Also if I feel I have made a few mistakes, or start to physically get warm (generally after a bad call or tilt starts to set in) that's a good indicator for me to call it quits

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2 and 6

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I quit when I notice that I started autopiloting and my instincts have nothing to say when I'm faced with a decision from a reg. Also when I'm bored or the games just got bad of course.

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tags everywhere, or i dont think im playing awesome (which could be after i lose a few buyins, but never after i win a few), got something else to do and was planning on stopping around a certain time

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2 and 6

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I stick to a fairly rigid routine, 3hrs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, 5 days a week.

Sometimes quit early if im tilting (not often enough), play longer if im deep with position on a fish etc.

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1, 6

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when im tilting or if ive played for a long time and starting to get bored, usually like 2 - 3 hours.

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I usually quit when I make a REALLY bad play.

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8. lose an 11k pot at 3/6.

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Hand please...

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1,2, 4, and when i make a bad play or get get sucked out on close to the end of my target 1000 hands and know i'm close to tilting.

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I usually quit when I make a REALLY bad play.

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this too.

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ill stop for a variety of reasons.

1- dont feel like playing. you can tell when your concentration fades.

2- start to tilt. i am a HUDGE tilt monkey, so i just stop now when it starts to set in.

3 stop loss. i have a five buy in stop loss. thankfully, that doesnt come into play very often.

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Good question.

I have a tendency to play untill I reach my $ goal for the day. If there is dead money at the table and I can't resist walking away, I will multitask (watch TV, browse web) and keep playing my B game. Ultimately, I try to end on a high note, which makes me feel good all day.

If I am stuck, but I see weakness at the table, I will keep playing/adding tables, untill I get unstuck or close to unstuck. If it's really hopeless, I will quit and feel like crap since I just put in a monster session all for nothing.

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I usually have a set amount of time that I try to play for, somewhere from 60-90 minutes. If at any point in that time zone I feel bored, tilty, or very happy with my achievements, I'll stop playing.

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combo of 1, 2, and 6.

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i try to at least put in close to 2 hours though.

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I'm tired(always play @ night till 2-4am)

or I feel like I've lost momentum(say I havent won a big pot for a hour), and don't have a good mindset anymore

and of course, I stop if I feel tilty

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1,2,4 and for the bad sessions: "when I get back to even" or "when I can no longer see straight".

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9. About 30 minutes after I should have.

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when im tired

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when i become suicidal

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If I'm having a long, annoying session I'll quit as soon as I'm up a reasonable amount (even if its just a couple hundred) so that I can feel good about buyng some booze and food.

Sometimes I'll start a session and quit in <10 minutes when I realize I just don't feel like playing.

Frequently I just quit when I realize I'm sitting at a bunch of 5/10 or 10/20 tables and all the fish are gone and I've been playing for an hour already and don't want to grind out 2/4.

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When I'm back to even.

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when im up alot or when i get back to even after being down alot

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when i stop making good decisions

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1.) Reached goal of xxxx hands or x hours.
2.) Tags everywhere on all your tables, aka games suck.
3.) Stop loss of x buyins reached.
4.) Up x buyins, no longer want to play.
5.) Large swings.
6.) Boredom.
7.) (insert reason here)

I'm sure there are more so feel free to add on.

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I never stick to daily hand or hour goals. Quitting while way ahead would cost me a ton of money IMO.

I tilt hard and quit after making a big mistake. Other than that, I finish if my mind gets dull, or if the tables go to s--t.

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"when I can no longer see straight".

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more than once I've asked friends- "If my eyes hurt bad, does this mean I should stop?"

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When it starts to get really ugly heads up.

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I usually quit when I make a REALLY bad play.

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can you even make bad plays with 20bbs?

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when im up alot or when i get back to even after being down alot

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same. Its so bad. If I could flip these I'd make way more money and enjoy poker more.

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when im up alot or when i get back to even after being down alot

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same. Its so bad. If I could flip these I'd make way more money and enjoy poker more.

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qft. there are also times when i can barely sit up in my chair/move my mouse, which causes me to stop playing.