Teach me when to quit a live session

[Gap23Razor]

I quit when:

1 - anyone at the table acts ill-mannered, rude or hostile--i won't give someone acting like that a chance at my money and i don't want his; one of the best things about playing a cash game is you leave whenever you want, unlike tournaments...honestly, would you play a cash game against someone that behaves like Phil Helmuth?

2 - when i think my buy-in is too low to play a hand with lots of action and i don't care to rebuy...i never go all-in

3 - when i get tired, which is usally around 3 hours, but never more than 4 hours

4 - when the number of players drops down below 6 and the rake will not be reduced

5 - when i hear my wife calling me

mostly its reason #5 that gets me

[blackasthma]

I'll usually quit upon the first sign of hemorrhoidal flare-up. But if you don't know when to quit, then maybe you shouldn't start...

[ACG2x]

There really is no magic formula that works for quitting at the "best" time. "Best" is an absolute relative term. For example last Sat. I was playing 2/10 spread and was right around +200 about 7-8 hours in.

Usually, this is my queue to go home as I tend to lose total focus around this time. However looking at the table there were several fish who showed no signs of leaving and still had reasonable stacks.

Thus, I downed some Mtn. Dew, took a walk through the casino and pepped up for another few hours. I only ended up +304 (in comparison to where I was when I made this decision) but the point remains that I saw there was a good deal of dead money at the table and decided I could eek out a little more profit.

The opposite would be true on a solid table. If I was up that same amount and when I looked around all I saw were good L/TAG's, it'd be time to stop.

You just get that internal clock that tells you "it's time". It get's more accurate and you become more accurate at following it with experience.

One test is if I can remember the action from the previous hand. Not exactly, but in general. But if you are going 3,4,5 hands+ in a row without remembering anything about who bet/raised/won/etc., then you are probably starting to lose focus. When I'm playing solid and am in focus, I can recall hand action regardless of my involvement pretty well on. When I am nearing "the wall", I stop paying attention to pots I'm not in.

But even if you are starting to lose focus but still want to stay because there's monies to be had, get up from the table. Take a walk. It's amazing what a quick 5-minute lap around the casino will do for you. I like to go outside and breathe actual fresh air.

Make a phone call, text someone, do something other than sit and wait for the next hand. Go get something to eat if you need to, but go to the actual cafe/restaurant/etc. in the casino itself, don't order from the waittress sitting at the table. The game will still be going when you get back. Just make sure you don't get picked up, LoLz.

I've found this works if I'm trying to squeeze another hour or so out of a session. It also helps if you're starting to play impatiently and/or tilt.

Just my $0.02.

[BigBadBabar]

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I quit when:

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gosh, i've never been at a live table where this wasn't the case [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Hair_of_the_Dog]

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Agreed. There always seems to be someone, they tend to be my favorite players, fishy. If everyone is very polite and quite my TAG alert goes off.

My very most favorite phrase at the poker table is, "I just came to socialize." This guy said that just before he sat next to me. I took 70% of his monies. He smiled the whole time. I don't know how he can afford to pay me that well, but he does it almost everytime.

[mrcunningham]

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I quit when:

5 - when i hear my wife calling me

mostly its reason #5 that gets me

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QFT

[TheCount212]

If like everyone else.. when I'm up I want up more, when I'm down I want to make a comeback. I can live with a small dose of "winner's tilt," because I'm being aggressive and looking to score. Right or wrong, I definitely like the idea of playing with other people's money and making it grow. But if I'm down and I start folding hands that have a chance to win, it's time to pack 'em up and go home.

[Frond]

Sometimes my back tells me it is time to stop, as in IT FRICKIN HURTS AFTER ABOUT 5 HOURS. But usually if the game gets bad leave and stay if it is still goot. I am sometimes on a time limit thing from being in between work etc. but I try and stay if the game is good. It will still be good tomorrow though so no worries if I have to scoot.

PS. Too bad they don't have many live stud8 games around cause Pokerjans is an exceptional stud8 player. Fact

[OvrTheTop111]

I leave when after several hours into the session, I notice 2 or 3 people and think "When the hell did these people get here?

[ACG2x]

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Yah, no doubt. I look for reasons to get involved in pots with people who are hostile as in most lower level games, they are either drunk, tilting or some combination of the two.

I also like raising these people's blinds as often as I can because nothing sends a LAG who is on the verge of tilting over the edge than getting raised out of pots. I've heard people make comments about me under their breath before as I'm usually pretty happy go lucky and talkative in between hands (almost never during).

I don't know why anyone would care what someone at a poker table thinks of them. I'm going to be and play like me so if you don't like it, why the hell should I care?

I personally find it funny when people take losing every single pot where they went in with the best hand so badly, then bemoan their constant bad luck. These would be the same types of folks who are apt to call for a set-up when they miss their 9th consectutive gutshot.