Hi! I am a newbie, I usually play at micro 6max 1-2cent NL, buying in @ $1.60 at a table, my usual routine is to cash out if I reached $2.60 and above. If not I would cash out the same amount that i cashed in if I felt that the table is too tight or I'm not getting any good hands. I always chase the loss of my original buy in, stealing blinds or bad bluffs which leads being broke. Any thoughts? Or when u usually cash out on a ring game?

It's not a great idea to leave a table you're winning at just because you've reached an arbitrary dollar amount. Easier said than done, obviously, but chasing losses tends to end poorly so you're better off just playing as if nothing happened, or if you get tilted from losing a buyin just quit playing until you're back to normal.

Using auto top up is a good way to keep yourself distracted from how much you're up or down in a session. I quit when I notice the table is bad, usually after fish have busted and been replaced by nits. Otherwise I tend to stick around even if I'm down a buyin or two, because the table is still profitable to play at in the long run.

^^^^ What he said. Why would you want to leave the table when you have the best of it and are crushing it? It makes no sense to set a stop limit. Maybe if the table turns, or gets tougher, then you get up....but if its soft and you are crushing it, stay there til you are to tired to play IMO. As far as chasing losses.....that equals chasing even MORE losses...which in turn leads to chasing even MORE losses. Same applies though, if its a soft table and you have the edge, I would even stay at a table I was losing at knowing I had the best of it at that table and it will turn because its soft. But if its tough, nothing is going our way, and we are past our loss threshold, then I would get up. You can ALWAYS come back the next day and play, you don't have to chase that buy in or buy ins THAT DAY. Always a bad idea.

I'll leave if there is an aggro good reg to my left and we're 200bb deep.

You're doing the exact opposite of what is in books/blogs from 'the pros' ...

1) You should never leave (or play with the idea that you leave) when you hit a 'number'. What happens when you are $.04 away? Do you push a spot that you shouldn't so you can get to your number and leave?

You should leave when the table is 'bad' or when you feel that you are playing bad or changed the way you are playing to 'scared money mode'. Now if a 'number' makes you play scared you need to figure out how to get over it.

2) You should never chase with good money to get bad/gone money back. As stated above, you leave when you start playing bad or 3 of the 'big stacks' leave and you are left with the nits.

I have done both of these things and they are habits that need to be broken.
1) Did you get your money in good
2) Do you have a good read on the table
3) Is there action at the table that makes it +EV to stay
4) Are you focused 'on the table', not just one fish
5) Did you open your calling/raising range in order to 'catch up' with your session
6) Are you playing different to protect a bigger than normal stack from one big pot
7) Are you OOP on the 'one guy' at the table who is difficult to play against
8) Dont just keep playing because you set aside a specific amount of time to play
9) When you are playing well (not just running well) stay at the table until the conditions change ... then get out

Just some simple math ...

1) You BI for 1.6 and play until 2.6 .. profit .. 1.00
2) You get felted and chased ... loss ... 3.20

Do you see an issue here? GL