When do you guys get up from a LIVE cash game?

[Papi Shasho]

The few times I've gone to the casino to play cash games, I sit in a 1/2 NL table, and sit with $100. I get it up to about $150, but I keep playing and eventually lose it to set over set or something similar.

Do you guys have a specific way of knowing when you should get up? I feel like I stay too long, but I feel like if I don't at least double up, I haven't done much. Is 1.5x your buyin a decent session?

I know they say you shouldn't get up until you feel you're not playing optimal poker, but would you guys get up after you get up to something like 1.5x your buyin? Do you get up, keep the profit, and sit at another table with $100 again?

I never feel like I did anything when I'm up to 150 or so, but then I think about it, and $50 after an hour or so doesn't seem bad.

[TheBad]

Dont´t play 1/2 for profit, play for fun. Stay as long as you have fun.

[CheckCheckCheck]

Take Doyle's advice in SS. Stay in the game as long as you feel you have a positive expectation from it. If you feel that staying in the game will only lose you money, then leave. If you feel that you're a good player at the table and you're just running a little bad atm, then stay in.

[LiveInPeace]

Forget the amount of money won/lost in one session! It's totally irrelevant to long run results.

Remember Brad's acronym when deciding whether to play or continue - FEAR.

1) Try to find [F]ish, loose players, players liable to tilt, players who don't understand the game well enough to make strong plays. Avoid playing against opponents who you believe are much more skilful than you.

2) Have [E]motional control. Do not play when you are on tilt, or liable to go on tilt. Tilt is very, very expensive in poker.

3) Have a professional [A]mount at risk. Do not play when you have so much on the table (or the min. buy-in is so high) that to lose it all would seriously hurt your bankroll.

4) Be [R]efreshed. Do not play when you are tired, irritated or generally not feeling well for any reason.

Follow these guidelines when you choose a game, or choose whether to contine and you won't go far wrong. Check for Fish, your Emotional control, your Amount at risk and how Refreshed you are. Then your opponents will surely FEAR you.

[Papi Shasho]

Yeah, I'm thinking of playing the 2/5 NL game next time, but it's the same $100 max buyin...starting with 20 BB's might force me to tighten up and get paid more with big hands.

[TheChad]

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Forget the amount of money won/lost in one session! It's totally irrelevant to long run results.

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yes, stop being results oriented. get up when you feel that you don't have at least half of the table owned (unless you are just a bunch of grinders beating the crap out of a live one). I will stay down to what I feel is 1/3 of the table is worse than I am, but I like to fold a lot and watch/learn. (example: I will open fold AJo UTG-MP just so I can have an excuse to watch.) But it really just comes down to where you think you will make money. I would have no problem sitting deep-stacked with a couple other deepish people as I can get out of the way of them tearing at some fishy. Then, if I pick up a monster, I can stack them too and make the monies!

Oh, and reread that FEAR thing. lack of emotional control and energy are the top killers of a roll.

[SDone]

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Yeah, I'm thinking of playing the 2/5 NL game next time, but it's the same $100 max buyin...starting with 20 BB's might force me to tighten up and get paid more with big hands.

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That's not even worth playing.

[BcnDiamond]

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Yeah, I'm thinking of playing the 2/5 NL game next time, but it's the same $100 max buyin...starting with 20 BB's might force me to tighten up and get paid more with big hands.

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I would never play a cash game where the max buy in is 20bb.


It looks like your afraid to keep playing when your up a certain amount, because your afraid to loose it all and would feel like you've been playing for nothing.
My advice would be to figure out how long you can keep playing optimal, for example 2.5 hours.. and leave the table for what it is, wheter your up or down.
Also don't keep playing if your afraid to play for your whole stack on very strong hands in fear of losing your winnings so far. You wouldnt be playing your best game and should leave. And don't compare previous sessions to the one your playing or going to play, you might get a set over set the first hand your playing or make a straight flush the last hand your playing.

[PunkNoodle]

I get up when I get to $744.

[jcl]

set urself a certain time to leave usually before a time charge if they have it at ur casino. this means u dont start thinking 'man i shoulda quit 30 mins ago' because u no u cant leave until that time has come.