I'm an online player transitioning to live. I'm also not a talkative person which I know is bad. The few times I would play live, I would chat with usually the person to my left or right depending if they start a conversation with me.


When I played cash games online multitabling, if I were to end my session soon, I would always play all my free hands in every table and thus sit out when I was going to be in the BB. I know almost every player online does this in cash games. Thus when I do this, I have zero shame as online, I do not see people faces and their reactions towards me. When I play live, I done this probably just once. The reason is because I do not want to look like a cheap-ass playing all their free hands and then sitting out. Is this bad? Do you guys always leave just before the BB hits you? Lets just assume for the sake of it you are wanting to leave soon and its not because you want to leave with the profit or because you are down a lot but because you don't feel like playing anymore. Do you always play till your BB?


I always leave say midway. Pretend i pay my blinds and then after a few hands, its probably say 3-4 hands till I"m BB left. I always leave the table around this time because it doesn't look like I'm trying to play all my free hands and want to leave. Is this bad? I know it cost me some money this way as I could see 3-4 free hands but I never do because I don't want to be the guy who plays till his BB. I seen many others leave when its their BB but am I an idiot for doing this?


When I first started playing live, whenever I'm up or down and want to leave, I always made an excuse to leave. Like its getting late, I'm done. Whether i'm up or down or don't want to play anymore, it seems like these words are always coming out of my mouth... of course this is if its say 10pm or later. However, during the day when I'm playing, I can't do this and just rack up and leave.


I like to know how do you guys leave the poker table in terms of etiquette? Do you not say a word and then just put your chips in your rack and then leave assuming you still have chips? I seen some people do this but they were always older tight players who don't say a word. When I bust my chips and am not rebuying, its pretty easy since I have no chips left and I say nice hand and good luck guys. That situation is pretty easy for me.


I seem to have a problem leaving the table when I have chips left whether its $50 or $300. And when you leave, do you tell the dealer the hand before it hits your BB, that you are done? And when you do this, do you always say bye to the rest of the table? I always say bye to the 2 people, the 1 to my left and 1 to my right almost always. There were couple of times i say bye though and one of them didn't even respond back.


Also, I would like to add that when I leave, its always because I don't feel like playing anymore or want to take a break. I don't hit and run or rathole or do any of those shady stuff like other poker players do.


Can someone here teach me some etiquette when leaving the table? I'm also a pretty shy person and don't feel that comfortable at live poker but trying to get better.

When you are ready to leave, leave. Tell the dealer seat open and if its been a friendly table maybe "good luck" or "nice playing with you". Don't feel bad about leaving with chips- that's the goal of everyone here.

Wayyyy tl;dr..

Simple, leave right before bb gets to you..your their to make money, not friends.

This thread is a duplicate of one started in B&M. OP is going to get the same advice here as there.

These two forums need to be re-combined (maybe with sub-forums).

Telling the dealer might be nice, but is certainly not necesary. Unless you're in the hand UTG you'll probably be stacking your chips, grabbing your jacket, etc.

If I spend a lot of time having a good conversation someone at the table, especially if I've never seen them before, I sometimes shake their hands and say good bye, nice talking to you, or whatever (like I would in any other social situation), but I can promise nobody at a poker table would have their feelings hurt if I didn't (or even remember 5 minutes later).

As far as the rest of your post, unless it's a social, nonraked homegame, feel free to leave whenever you want, no matter how long you've been playing, whether you're up or down, BB or button, without any guilt or remorse.

I didnt read this entire post, but I pretty much ALWAYS play all the free hands and sometimes I will tell the table I'm leaving right before my big blind. this creates an undesirable dynamic somtimes though as they pretty much know you're only playing the nuts so they'll make moves on you and all that happy crappy.

Assume that no one's going to remember you 10 minutes after you leave the table. Even if you are leaving on the button so as to avoid paying blinds, I still think waiting 4 or 5 hands before posting when sitting down leaves more of a 'nitty' impression upon your fellow players.

Bottom line is, don't sweat the small stuff: never feel bad about leaving the table at any time, for any reason. Get over your phobia of leaving the table with chips: It is the point of playing this game.

Just a tip: don't be embarassed doing that. It's not rude, but obv just a little "nitty"


Also, if it really bothers you, then missing the UTG and UTG+1 hands is really not a big deal since you should be playing tightest in those positions because you are most likely to be OOP for the hand...

Well, I often plan to leave right before my BB, and then end up putting it off, then I'm not going to not play my button and CO... You see how this goes?

So, 2 hours later when I'm really going to leave, it usually ends up somewhere in MP when I just don't feel like playing UTG and UTG+1.

However, I've left right before my BB several times, especially when I'm up for the session. No need to feel guilty, I've seen it happen tons of times.

I think it's pretty standard to leave when your BB comes, but it really doesn't matter. Just go when u wanna go. What I don't get are the people who play their blinds then leave on the button. That just seems silly.

I usually tell the dealer I'm leaving just so he knows not to give me any cards on the next hand.

I also tend to say goodbye or "gl everyone" to the table when I leave, but I'm also a pretty chatty guy at the table so it would probably be more wierd not to say anything.

Gotta be a joke.

But anyway if you dont have the wherewithal to get up when you want live poker is not for you.

Just stand up and say good luck dudes.

Rack up and leave. Don't worry about "free" hands. Sometimes they'll get you broke. When you feel like you should leave then leave. I actually enjoy busting a reg or nitty player then saying deal me out and racking up and leave. I'm not unsociable or a jerk by any means at the poker table but I'm not there for the social aspects of the game or camaraderie.

it's good etiquette to loose back at least half your winnings prior to standing up...

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leaving after you pay the blinds is so utterly ridiculous (why do i want to spell that word with an "e" as the first vowel?). when i get up to stretch my legs for a few minutes / use the restroom i usually leave just before my big blind. there is nothing wrong with it socially or etiquette-wise as far as i'm concerned.