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QUESTION: What is your daily limit when playing cash? Do you play within a specific timeframe?, handcount?,win and loss limits? when do you call it quits for the day? im curious about how other people do it cause i sometimes dont know enough is enough and would like to hear opinions on how others organise their cash game sessions.
 
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obviously you want to play when your head is right. when the games are good, you want to play as long as you can. if you feel like your playing well, keep grinding. you shouldn't set yourself to any limit.
 
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I don't really have a profit stoploss, whether it's increasing or decreasing. Like PF said, if you feel like you can continue to make money playing, no reason to stop until you think you've played enough. Personal preference is all it is.
 
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This is a question I have though of lots.

The two respondents have said, "play when your head is right. when the games are good, you want to play as long as you can. if you feel like your playing well, keep grinding." (not having a dig btw :) )

The problem with this is that by the time your head is not right, the games have started to go bad and you are starting to play bad, most of the $$$ you have won or more has gone :(

I normally set myself a limit when things go well. That limit could be looking at a clock, it says 13:06, I think "Right, the way I feel I'll play til 13:15" or, if I feel great and that the table is running my way, I might think "13:06...I'll play til 14:00"

So I always set myself a target after about 10 mins of playing.
 
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The only way I organise my games is to stop when I'm bored or feel as though it's the right time to stop. I can usually go for about two hours before getting bored and sometimes I can push it to three. Then I'll go off and do something else and come back later on.

I don't limit myself in any way but obviously if I feel the session has gone horrendously I'll probably call it a day earlier than I otherwise usually would.
 
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I play for time limits like say okay I'm gonna play until 3 o clock today. I won't stop if I'm up or down a certain amount but will if I get tilted which is easy for me to notice lol.
 
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Presonally i go buy bote depending on how i feel that day. I give myself a 2 hour time limit or sit down with a min limit im willin to lose
 
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I don't check the auto post blind and re evaluate if i should stop every time i have to click the post big blind button.
 
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I normally play sessions of a couple of hours. While I'm playing I choose a time to stop at but if the games are really good I'll carry on a bit longer.
 
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an hour or so is fine then stop and start after 2 hrs.
 
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yesterday i had 28 dolars in my account.got into the 10-25 cents table and grinded super lag for 3 hours.i had 305 dollars in 3 hours.i swear to god it was a great feeling. all of the suuden my lag stle turned into super hyper aggressive not fearing anything or anyone.this morning im broke. i need to find the formula to stop when im up and also have to find the formula to make me always respect the value of a dollar regardless if i have 25 or 300.
 
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To OP it seems like you play tight-aggressive. IMO next time you hit 300 dollars start playing 10 dollar mtts or 20-60 heads up sngs. If you don't like tournies and just like ring games maybe it's best for you to decide how much money you will use if you start winning. I know from personal experience, it's very easy to bet the farm.
 
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yesterday i had 28 dolars in my account.got into the 10-25 cents table ...
this is where i stopped reading. you, sir, do not need to learn about when to stop or what to do. you need to find out about bankroll management. and adhere to one, too.
 
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yesterday i had 28 dolars in my account.got into the 10-25 cents table and grinded super lag for 3 hours.i had 305 dollars in 3 hours.i swear to god it was a great feeling. all of the suuden my lag stle turned into super hyper aggressive not fearing anything or anyone.this morning im broke. i need to find the formula to stop when im up and also have to find the formula to make me always respect the value of a dollar regardless if i have 25 or 300.


Well, firstly..playing with 1buy-in was never going to work, even for the very best. Variance is a part of the game and you obviously ran very hot to run it up, then the next day, you gave it all back.

You need to feel ok mentally to play good poker and if you are, then your session should last as long as you feel good about it.

As soon as you start tilting/playing bad or if you're simple being run over by better players, it's probably best to quit and find a new table or just end your session.


In a nut shell, because the limits you play are micros you should only be playing when you feel like you want to play and can play good poker.
 
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To OP it seems like you play tight-aggressive. IMO next time you hit 300 dollars start playing 10 dollar mtts or 20-60 heads up sngs. If you don't like tournies and just like ring games maybe it's best for you to decide how much money you will use if you start winning. I know from personal experience, it's very easy to bet the farm.

Obviously listen to nothing this guy has said.

What he suggested is basically how to go broke quickly.
 
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I don't check the auto post blind and re evaluate if i should stop every time i have to click the post big blind button.

Wow the other players at the table must love you for that :p
 
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Well, firstly..playing with 1buy-in was never going to work, even for the very best. Variance is a part of the game and you obviously ran very hot to run it up, then the next day, you gave it all back.

You need to feel ok mentally to play good poker and if you are, then your session should last as long as you feel good about it.

As soon as you start tilting/playing bad or if you're simple being run over by better players, it's probably best to quit and find a new table or just end your session.


In a nut shell, because the limits you play are micros you should only be playing when you feel like you want to play and can play good poker.
man i know the 1 buy in isnt going to work. its horrible but its all i had man.couldnt afford the 25 buy ins but i know i could doubel tripple it up cause ive done it a zillion times.id rather make the 25 buy ins with one than lose the 25 buy ins .anyways no arguing ,ur right. the point was that i had made 275 dollars!!!!!! net.! and i could not turn it off.thats the point im trying to prove.putting limits on when to stop playing. so just pretend i had 25 buy ins and turned the first into another 11. i 11 timed up my money and could not say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.so i passed into : fearless mistake play,tilt,overconfident,bully"ish "type of play and lost it all. I AM A DONK! losing the balance i think can make u a donk instantly.
 
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this is where i stopped reading. you, sir, do not need to learn about when to stop or what to do. you need to find out about bankroll management. and adhere to one, too.

Strong THIS.

OP sat down at 25nl with his whole bankroll. Oh lord...
 
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Obviously listen to nothing this guy has said.

What he suggested is basically how to go broke quickly.

That's not really where I meant to direct him at all towards losing. 10 and 20 dollar tournies are 5% of a 200-400 br. Now for the higher stake heads up game I mentioned, yeah it's a lot of the br but I'm heads up what are your odds, I'd say 50% at minimal and if your heads up odds are less, I suggest playing fun money until you get better and know what you're doing. Goodluck anyways.
 
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I usually stop when I'm curled up into a ball crying.
 
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my $ limit is whats in my account,i can wager w/o limit,my only rule is to stop when im not paying attention anymore,getting bored really hurts my br
 
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always set a money limit. managing bankroll is key to winning.
 
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I meant I think OP plays passive-aggressive. Lol
Sorry bout that ramdeebam.
Anyways how's it going op? Any of our comments interest you ?
If you want to play tight with $400.00 just start at 2-4 dollar mtts until you can start high staking it.
 
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I meant I think OP plays passive-aggressive. Lol
Sorry bout that ramdeebam.
Anyways how's it going op? Any of our comments interest you ?
If you want to play tight with $400.00 just start at 2-4 dollar mtts until you can start high staking it.
yea man all the comments are great.at the moment im not playing .saving up some money to deposit like 1500 and play the 0,25-0.50 table. if i run good ill take it from there.aint gonna play underolled anymore. been there done that, thnk alot for the posts everyone. u guys r great. and yea i am very used to those limits.those are the limits i usually play .anything below that is fun but not as profitable for me.i wanna make some money .!
 
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