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Originally Posted by tellypl
Not sure who gave this advice and in what context, but it seems horrific. If you're +EV in a lineup, leaving is essentially giving away $$ (assuming you can/want to continue playing.) If for example you had just said "I want to go watch football" Then that's the only reason you need for quitting. But the above statement is just saying that you are not adequately rolled for the game you're playing.
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Originally Posted by meale
Agreed this is not good advice because it'll just end up cutting your sessions shorter. Which is fine if you have no volume targets but if you do it'll just work against you.
If you're rolled still, not fatigued, and the game is still good (quality wise), you should stay til you either are fatigued, no longer rolled (heaven forbid), or if the quality becomes poor. Or if you're tilting or whatever.
If I did that I'd play like 20 hours a week max. :')
I understand what you guys are saying for sure. In the context that I was using it in I more so just meant that if I decided to stay I really would have only set myself up to potentially be pissed off. If I stay around the same profit or lose anything I’d just be thinking why did I stay and miss having beers and watching football with a good buddy of mine. I love playing poker and making money, but this was a time where I knew that leaving and enjoying the night doing something else would make me happier than making a bit more money at the tables that’s all. But in no way will I be doing this often I already have a hard enough time putting in hours online and live since I work 45hrs/week.
Also I probably should have put it in that previous post but the quote comes from Tommy Angelo in his book: Elements of poker. He is very well respected in coaching the mental game and tilt. He has coached well known players such as Peter Jennings, Ben Sulsky, and Phil Galfond.
But my conclusion here is that you guys are correct in that I need to make sure to:
--> Stay in +EV lineups as long as I possibly can - assuming I have the time, am not fatigued, am still properly rolled and am not tilting.
* To be honest looking back I feel as though the quote was misapplied by me in the scenario I used it in because as you stated tellypl and meale touched on as well the quote seems to mainly be about not being adequately rolled.
Also as a side note:
I found my old phone which had my live results during my time at University (mainly my final two years playing very sporadically).
I was up $6,117 over 456hrs for ~$13/hr with my longest downswing being -11.5 BI. But anyways I decided that since the majority of my live volume will probably be at 1/3 now which takes a $6,000 roll to have a comfortable 20BI's I increased my starting roll from $4,000 to $6,000 - so essentially it's just my lifetime profit from live play (this is a true bankroll and money I will never need to use for life expenses). And since the start of the thread about a month and a half ago I've played 36hrs 25mins live for a profit of +$783. Which puts my bankroll at:
Live Bankroll: $6,783
Online Bankroll: $385
Last edited by TWoods; 11-20-2017 at 08:34 PM.