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Zer0-0uts
Rock Star
Silver Level
I players $1-2 no limit last night. I sat down with the max buy in of $60. I played a few hands and took a few hits. I kept my head on straight and managed to avoid tilt. I made all the right moves in all the right places and I turned that $60 into $162.
There was a point in the game that I felt like I should get up and leave. It was a point that I have felt many, many times before when I have been ahead at a table, but I usually never heeded this intuition. Usually I would get this feeling and I would think to myself, "Self, every book I have ever read has always said to get stay when you are doing good, but to leave when things change. " So I have usually stayed. Last night was different though. My game was running good, but I saw the dynamics of the table changing, and I was getting tired. It was 1am for godsake. So I got up and left.
While I was driving home I realized that I finally understood the best time for.me to leave. Like I said, usually when I am killing it I stay and play. I play and I watch my stack shrink. Then I tilt. Then I try to chase what I once had. Then it all goes bad. Last night was different because although I felt like I was doing good I made the decision to leave as soon as I felt the dynamics of the table changing. I didn't wait a few more hands to see if I was right. I just followed my instinct and I walked away with $102 profit.
On the way home I realized I should've left as soon as I got that first thought of, "Maybe now is the time I should leave." After last night I think the key to making money is to follow my instinct and leave as soon as I get, "That feeling." What causes you to leave a table when you are ahead? What are your tell tale indicators that it is time to leave while you are a head?
There was a point in the game that I felt like I should get up and leave. It was a point that I have felt many, many times before when I have been ahead at a table, but I usually never heeded this intuition. Usually I would get this feeling and I would think to myself, "Self, every book I have ever read has always said to get stay when you are doing good, but to leave when things change. " So I have usually stayed. Last night was different though. My game was running good, but I saw the dynamics of the table changing, and I was getting tired. It was 1am for godsake. So I got up and left.
While I was driving home I realized that I finally understood the best time for.me to leave. Like I said, usually when I am killing it I stay and play. I play and I watch my stack shrink. Then I tilt. Then I try to chase what I once had. Then it all goes bad. Last night was different because although I felt like I was doing good I made the decision to leave as soon as I felt the dynamics of the table changing. I didn't wait a few more hands to see if I was right. I just followed my instinct and I walked away with $102 profit.
On the way home I realized I should've left as soon as I got that first thought of, "Maybe now is the time I should leave." After last night I think the key to making money is to follow my instinct and leave as soon as I get, "That feeling." What causes you to leave a table when you are ahead? What are your tell tale indicators that it is time to leave while you are a head?