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Originally Posted by zxjaexz
IMO this isn’t true. Just because you play more hands doesn’t mean you’re gonna win more money. I’ve gone many days in a row not playing a ton but still making sure I booked wins rather then grinding lots of hands and won a ton more then I did just grinding a ton. I think booking wins is crucial for your mindset as well. Everyone runs differently too. If booking wins and leaving is working for you day after day and it’s helping you move up and make a lot of money the I wouldn’t change it.
I know plenty of players that have gone thru huge upswings not playing much compared to other grinders. Scott blumstein only played the main and won, I have another friend who only plays a few hours a day and crushes. IMO booking wins during bad stretches and playing more during upswings is optimal. Play a ton through bad runs and all you’re gonna do is lose insane amounts and stress the F out.
If you have been running bad and it is causing you to tilt or otherwise play badly or if you are playing badly in any event or if the game is no longer a good one or if the game is still ok, but you expect there will be a much better game in 8 or w/e hours and you need to sleep or something, then by all means quit and book a win, or quit even if you are currently losing.
Or if you have been on a bad run and it would make you feel better psychologically to have a winning session, then book a win if you want.
But if you are trying to make income from poker and you have 25 hours per week to play and you happen to run real good over 5 hours on the first day of the week and are up 1,200 big blinds after that day, it doesn’t make sense to “book a win” and take the rest of the week off based on the reasoning that you already won more than your expected win amount for that week. If you are a winning player, then if you play more that week, your expectation is to win more; your expectation for the rest of the week is not to lose because you ran too good the first day. And if you take the rest of the week off and start playing again the next week, it doesn’t re-set the world so that your run good on the first day doesn’t count or whatever. Whenever you play the next hand is the next hand and it is still dealt randomly. It doesn’t matter if it is right now, tomorrow, next week or 8.5 years from now.
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Originally Posted by zxjaexz
IMO booking wins during bad stretches and playing more during upswings is optimal.
It is kinda impossible to know when you are in a “bad stretch” or an “upswing” at the time though. You can know that just recently you ran bad or were upswinging, but you can’t know whether that bad stretch or upswing is about to continue. But sure, if you know what is about to happen, then don’t play if you are going to run bad and play a lot so long as you will be running good.
Last edited by Lego05; 11-25-2018 at 11:15 AM.