What do you do when the tables go dead

Today I was playing 1/2 NL max $200 buy in. For a few hours, the table was pretty decent overall, with a mix of players, and steady action. Then it hit a dead spot for an hour. I switched tables, but 45 minutes later- this table wasn't any better. I had started off the session down a couple hundred early, then scraped my way back to the positive, until I finally left at +$62. Should I have taken a dinner break, and then tried to come back and see how the action was? Or would you have packed it up like I did? I am normally content with a 100-300 winning session. Thanks

Focus on dynamics

Ppls tendencies

Work on a spot you can squeeze or steal

Get up take a break

Leave. Rake is brutal at 1/2 and tight passive tables with no action are the worst games for high rake. Volume is important but thousands of hands in bad games isn't going to be too profitable anyway.

Edit: I'd also like to add that at one point the games at my local casino were so bad that I stopped playing live entirely. Sure I could have probably turned a little profit if I had kept grinding, but bad games aren't fun and I value my time too much to grind away for little money. Don't underestimate the negative effects bad games can have on your mental game. If poker becomes less enjoyable and more like a chore, you'll play poorly and/or burn out very quickly.

bluff a lot if you are just with regulars, play better than them.

zefalosss said:

Bluff a lot if you are just with regulars, play better than them.

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Some times that does not always work lol for me anyway!!!!!!!:icon_sant

bluffing a lot is not my plan! That will only lead to issues...

flip the table over?