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If i play a cash table, is it better to play for a certain amount of time or should I be looking to make a certain amount of money before I leave. For example, if I brought 25 to a .10/.25 table is it realistic to expect to make it to 50 or should I quit if I just make a 10$ profit then move to a new table and start again.
 
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I like to just double or triple up. It depends on how bad I wanna play.. I play for lower stakes though, so I think doubling up will work better for you.

Think about it this way, where is a comfortable loss spot for you to walk away from a losing table? Find that number and just deduct 10-25% off of it and I would be perfectly fine with a "winning table" earnings of that amount. I hope that made sense! ;)
 
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If i play a cash table, is it better to play for a certain amount of time or should I be looking to make a certain amount of money before I leave. For example, if I brought 25 to a .10/.25 table is it realistic to expect to make it to 50 or should I quit if I just make a 10$ profit then move to a new table and start again.

Once and for all.....first ask yourself when/why to enter a table.
The answer is, because you think there's money to win at that table.
There's basically 2 ways to enter a table:

1st: through table-selection you come to the conclusion there's fish/bad players at that certain table (good choice).

2nd: you just jump in at a table without any investigation upfront (hmmm......bad choice).

Anyways, whatever way you've chosen, you're at that table, so when to leave ?
Well, it has not to do with whatever money you've won or lost.
It has to do with the way you won/lost that money.
After all you could have been very unlucky while losing or very lucky while winning.

To put it straight.....if you are winning because you're simply the best (one of the best) player at the table, keep on going.
Why leave and jump into another table, risking to face better players ?
If you're losing because of bad luck, still being the better player, keep on going, try to avoid tilt and just leave until you think "enough is enough, not my day".

No matter, winning or losing, if you are at a table, where after a while you find out the other players (or most of them) are better players than you are.....immediately exit that table and try to find a softer table.

Assuming you're in good shape there's only one reason to leave a table.....being.....to many good players at your table to make a decent profit, while there's other tables to make a better profit (aka tables with worse players).

On a sidenote, no matter win or loss, exit when getting tired.....exit when getting distracted.....exit when getting drunk after that next bottle of beer.....or in a few words.....exit whenever you're not able to play your A-game, for whatever reason.

I guess this is gonna be a long answer so to summarize.....when to leave a table ?
Just when you are not able to play your A-game or when there's to many good players at your table, in which case you'd probably better find a softer table.

Finally some tips about spotting assumingly bad players:
-players joining and paying a BB instead of waiting the BB coming to them.
-players playing shortstacked
-players not topping up
-players with extreme stats (visible when you use a HUD)
-players with weird bet-sizes
-players with screenname 10058765 or papuceman.
 
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any time you enter a cash game, you should have an exit strategy. Just stick to it and evolve your criteria as you learn what works for you and what doesn't.
 
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just like the first response, i like to at least double or triple up, and then i SHOULD leave...or at least take my chips and change tables to restart and pocket some winnings.

Too often i buy in for 100, and run up my stack to 300 ... then get a hand like Aces. someone always bets 100 preflop, which i always call, and then i always end up losing the hand. so ya, take the money and run !!
 
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Usually it's always a good time to leave when you're not getting profitable hands and it depends on what you're intentions of staying and how much you was planning on bank rolling. Sometimes I'll just put lets say 5$ on a table and once it's gone I leave then and go play a tournament or take a break from cash games. I've also had some really nice hands that ended up tripling my money at a table from around 4$ to 12$ and 15$ after a few hands I was getting bad beats and loosing about half so I could also say once you set a goal of at least doubling or tripling you're starting bank that's always a good time to get up and walk away before you get in a bad beat with other hands. Take that money and go play a tournament that's a low percentage of what you won, it's all about good bank role management.
 
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Need to set a limit

When I play cash game, win or lose I am either too greedy when I am winning. Or I am on too much tilt to stop and cut my losses when I am losing. and lose more or maybe everything by the end of the session. I need discipline and limits for losing and winning
 
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When I feel that my game become worse, I make a break. If it's not help me I know that is time to leave the table
 
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I try to bail once I'm in the double to triple category and restart a bit later. I find that I don't like risking 2-3 times the buy-in and therefore I starting playing less aggresively (not good!). On the flip side, if I lose more than 40% of my buy-in I also tend to bail unless it was a clear case of I was playing right, but hit some bad luck. Setting limits is good...your bankroll will appreciate it! :)
 
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I leave after some time pre-defined before seating. Or if am playing bad, tilting or if the table have enough good players.
 
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I used to set limits on cash games and MTTs. and I guess I still do without really knowing I'm doing it. I just see when the game changes. And when it does I'm getting out shortly and that is even when I have won a lot. I guess I don't want to give even a dime back. Has anyone ever had this happen to you. You are playing at a cash table and you have won real good, and you are thinking about leaving the table until the next day. However, you continue playing and then you think ":I"m just going to play one more hand and then get off. The next hand you get is a good one so you play it. And all the time during the hand you are ahead. and you make up your mind to get all the chips on the table because this is a monster hand that can't lose. Well maybe so until the dreaded RIVER comes, and he hits that one outer and takes all your money you have played to win for many hours. Then you wish you had got out when you planned to. I don't think I can say how many times this has happened to me, but it's a lot of them. And every one of them happened right after I said I was getting out. So when do we get out and hang on to the winnings until the next day. The only one who can answer that is you or me, and it's better to walk away with $1 than to lose $20 in that one last hand. So we should leave with a profit or when you have lost a few dollars and don't want it to get worse. GL to you all
 
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In your position I certainly would leave after a 10$ profit but that's just me. Some people are more greedy, others aren't. I'm all about being positive, nothing more nothing less.
 
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I set a loss limit for myself, never a win limit.

I play a lot lower stakes as I am trying to build a roll to get to bigger stakes.
I play 1/2c blinds with a $2 buy in, I have left at $3, I have left at $10.

It all depends on you at that time and how long you feel like you are playing well. Also depends on if fish continue to join your table.

I just played a hand where i had 44 heads up on cash table and raised to 6 cents, other player flats. Flop comes 949, I bet 4 cents and he flats. Turn comes a Q and I check, he bets 6 cents and I flat him. River comes off an A of diamonds being the 3rd of the suit on the board pot is now 32 cents and i bomb in 23 cents, he then reraises me to 46c and i pop it to 1.12 and he flat calls with pair of Q. Easy.

Yesterday I had 22, flop comes K2A check check, turn 10, pot is at 4 cents this guy shoves all in for $2 and I call him to see his 8/4 off. This guy was a maniac just throwing away money he was all in almost every hand after rebuying, I just waited and waited finally called another all in with KQ and flop trip Q up to 5.50 from one player.

Point being stay aslong as you feel you are running hot, or until you can exploit the fish. :D

Oh and my loss limit is 50 cents.
 
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Nothing worse annoying/ bad etiquette than to hit and run a table. I would set yourself a time limit of at least an hour or more.
 
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I thought about this too for live 1/2 play. I've had a few sessions where I'm up a few buys then either make a poor decision or run into some river luckbox winner. I've had nights where I've built up a multiple buy in deep stack and run into a spot and lose close to a BI worth of profit in a single hand. Eh it happens. Thing is in almost all cases the table was super juicy and I wasn't going anywhere and most of the few times I've played I've left with a profit. Live 1/2 is swingy short term even if you play super TAG so it hasn't been uncommon for me to see my stack drop super low and peak at a few buy ins up in the course of 2 -3 hours.

Live I try to generally leave before the sun comes up or when I realize my decision making process has gone south.

Online is trickier for me, but have no issue playing 6 max Zone or FR and leaving if I'm more than tripled up and start to lose some back. I've smacked myself online for not leaving when super deep and running into a river suckout and losing hours worth of work.

As others said i think a stop loss is a better method. I tend to quit for a few hours or day or so if I lose 2 or 3 BIs in cash and maybe 5-6 MTTs without a cash.

Basically I pay more attention these days to my mindset, focus, and decision making process during the hands not the dollar amount. Even though I'm still building a roll I have had times I "wish" I had left a live table sooner I don't regret the decisions to stay generally speaking.
 
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Usually after a big hand when I double up then I leave straight after and go to another table.
 
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alot of great advice i dont play much cash games even though ive been playing poker for over 10 years. i really enjoyed rteading - 10058765 post in here exspecially looking for bad players "-players with screenname 10058765 or papuceman.>
 
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double up and run
 
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I go tight agressive, then when I double up (sometimes triple) I move to another table. But this depends on you man, how much time you have, the blinds and skills! :)
 
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Time limit.


If we can no longer play well, or the game sucks, we leave. It's not realistic to have monetary goals. The goals you should be setting are goals to play well, play certain amount of hours, etc.


This is assuming you are indeed a winning player. If not, a stop loss should be in place



Poker is one never ending session. We get rewarded in the long term by making better decisions than our opponents do.
 
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Going with what Switch said is good. Set a stop loss limit. The bigger your stack, the bigger pots you can win, so stick around if your playing and running good. Leave when you are mentally tired an begin making bad decisions.
 
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if you are playing your A game don't get up until that changes.
 
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it does not matter if you play well . If you start to get tired , or if the card goes bad or if the opponents are just playing better then you can move to another table .
 
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Usually I leave the table when I start to lose
 
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