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Originally Posted by BasicConcept
Play as long as it feels comfortable for you and as long you can play A game and be focused
When you are first leaning poker it's more about your mental state .. am I keeping my emotions under control and/or am I playing different than I 'should' be.
Some Players change when they have profit .. others change when they've lost a couple BIs, typically for the worse. In either case you need to learn to recognize the change in your mental state and step away or at least stand up for an orbit to re-center your thoughts.
Once you're really comfortable with the game, you then 'should' develop some sixth senses that tell you if you're just running bad or playing bad. That is a key decision point.
Another key is whether the particular table you are playing is 'worth' playing. Even if you've lost some hands it could be 'very' correct to stay at this table due to the dynamic.
Generally speaking Players play too long when losing and don't play long enough when winning (scared money syndrome).
Once you start to think in terms of money, protection of stack and not BB, then it's probably time to step away.
Lots of Players don't realize that once you are deep (3-4 BI in your stack) that it's different poker than when you first sat down (as long as there's another stack as big as yours). As long as you're comfortable making these adjustments, then keep playing and take advantage of your stack size for pressure.
I've lost lots of BB going into semi-lockdown or just trying to ride out the rest of the night until the closing bell .. not wanting to be labeled a cash-n-dasher. But you can't worry about what others think, especially online. GL