When should you call it quits at a table (FL Holdem)

OK, so I'm a n00b at this. Played 620 hands, mainly at 5cents/10cents FL holdem. I am up about half a dollar. This was a mixture of 1v1, 6max and full ring.

What I found was that if I was winning at a table, I would continue to dominate, I wiped 1 player at a 6 max table and the others started leaving too. Then I had a go on 1v1 and wiped this one guy clean from his $6.50 at 10cent BB (this is 80% of my winnings to date, all from that 1v1)

But when I was at a table and it was not going well, I continued to lose through out the hands and never recovered.

So yeah, when should I leave a table if its not going my way?

When to leave the table in cash game?
Need help on when to quit.
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When your at a NL table, when do you leave?
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Did you really expect any better from a new member on their first post on a forum?

I thought you'd been around the internet long enough to know that new members never search.

(in anycase, none of those links particularly useful because they'll about NL games and I'm just starting to learn with FL)

I suppose you're right

Since you did decide to look through them (I checked up on you and you were viewing one ) I'll write something new about it (even though it seems like the millionth time).

For a start, when it comes to this topic FL and NL are exactly the same.

In poker results don't matter. At all. The only thing that matters is making the best decisions you can with the skills and information you have available to you. So knowing that, it doesn't matter if you're up down left or right in terms of money at a table.

The only things that matter are as follows:

- Are you playing well? Are you tired? Are you upset because of a bad beat? Are you winning lots and therefore playing a bit too aggressively? This is objective and only you can tell. If you're not playing your A game or close to it then you should probably quit. This means you quit as soon as you feel yourself getting mad, or if you notice you're not really concentrating any more.

- Is the table a good one? Are their fish at the table? Are you better than your opponents? Could you leave and find a better table to play at? If the table is only filled with decent seeming players then you should probably quit. You make money off of other players mistakes, if your opponents are not making many mistakes then you won't be making much money other than short term variance. You could be worse than your opponents and that means in the long run you will lose money to them.

- Does the money in front of you constitute a large proportion of your bankroll? Can you afford to sit with 200bb's or 300bb's at a time? Are you playing differently because you don't feel you can afford to lose that many big blinds? Obviously if this is the case then you should leave, following solid Bankroll Management is very important. You also don't want to making decisions for any reason other than it's the best decision you can make.


They're pretty much the 3 reasons to leave a poker table. Nothing to do with being up or down or running good or whatever. Basically, If you're playing well and the table is good, stay. If you're playing badly or the table is poor, then leave.

I hope this is the answer you were looking for.

when you are playing poor. Its not that simple to quit when your down but when you playing is not a hunderd percent par. Its better to quit then go on a crazy downhill spiril and loose it all. When your ahead I usually will continue playing as long as I can. If I get tired or start no analyzing every hand or making horrible reads quit. Its pretty basic but alot of people have trouble following it.