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Originally Posted by Playbig2000
the best time to leave is as soon as you start thinking about leaving, especially if you won a few buy-ins. Otherwise, if you start to think about leaving but stay longer, you will usually tighten up and not play as you would if you first sat down.
So when you start thinking about when to leave (especially if you just counted up your stack) just rack up and go rather than play differently trying not to risk all the money you made all day.
This is for standard games but obviously if you are in a super juicy fish infested game, stay as long as you can keep yourself awake.
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Great advice thanks
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Originally Posted by venice10
TBH, most threads on this subject aren't really about when you should leave. Most people know that if they are over matched by the villains, drunk, tired, or tilted they should leave. It isn't even a matter of recognizing when this occurs. The problem is getting up from the table. People will rationalize staying lots of ways. You need to develop looking at yourself objectively. It requires willpower. And we can't help you. You have to practice it and do it. There is no other way.
I have will power, just interested to hear other peoples cue's. I guess for me, the challenging part going from a part-time player to grinding full-time
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...-time-1487337/ is that I used to play only part time hours, 15-20 per week. I was able to make $55 p/h in that time, which is great (370 hours logged). But now I'm playing full-time I feel like I should be playing 35 hours per week. So when I run up a stack early in the session, I feel I shouldn't leave and should sit out some hours.
It has worked so well for me to leave when I'm up 2 buy-ins, but like tonight this can happen after just 1 hour sometimes. I think it's because I have a leak when I play deep (my new coach should help with that issue), for now I think its more profitable to leave. Now I'm back to the original issue of playing part time hours though when doing it full time if I'm going to leave after such small sessions.
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Everyone is different. You gotta learn what your cues to leave are. Obviously, when you aren't playing your A game, you should leave or at least take a break. The real challenge is being self aware enough to identify when this is happening.
I've discovered I don't play well when over 300 bbs deep. While I'm working on improving this, I know that for now, it's best for me to leave the game when I get this deep. Yes, when I'm winning I should stay and take advantage of a table I'm beating, but I know something changes and I don't play my best so I gotta leave. Being aware of when you don't play your best is the first step in figuring out how to fix it.
I feel I have a leak when I'm really deep too, going to address this with my new coach.
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Originally Posted by KatoKrazy
Lots of good advice so far, but I would like to add something: You should leave as soon as that little voice creeps inside your head saying that you should leave. I'm sure you all know what I mean.
Dude, so simple, but probably the thing that resonated with me the most, fully had the little voice in my mind at every session, need to listen to him more!!
Cheers Mac