Cashing out

Recently at $1/2 game went from $200 to 460, lost it all in a suck out 30min later, when's a good amount to cash out in a game.

I always leave the table when i feel the weaker players have left. You can take a break, scope other tables and request a table change. Going to a new table I just pocket my winnings and buy back in for the full amount.

I'd advise keeping a log & correlating play times to profits, after you have some evidence. For myself, I found that a 2hr cutoff is about right. Most of my booked wins are <2hrs of play. But then this depends on how much mental energy you are putting into strategy / reads / on-the-fly pot odds calculations, etc., and how much you ca bear before getting fatigued. Goal should be to play at your sharpest, so all your tools are working properly at the table & stopping when that begins to fade, regardless of whether you've won or lost up to that point.

Smuryof, that is actually a GREAT idea man thank you. Idk how I've never thought of this

Well, it didn't occur to me either till I looked back on my little six month log, and saw the pattern. And, thought about how often I sacrifice my mountain of a stack because I played until 3am like an idiot.

I dunno, this might be obvious to some - especially those with experience, and seem like a given - but it wasn't obvious to me till the numbers started talking to me. Then I started thinking about, why could that be - well, the reason for me is I let the intoxicating experience take over and ruin my senses. I don't even realize how tired or mentally lazy I'm getting. Logic gives way to excitement, and bad calls. So now, I always limit to 2hrs, and I gotta say it's been working great the past cpl weeks at the cash games. I look down at my phone and see I've hit the two hour mark, and every time I feel like I'm tearing myself away from the game prematurely, but then I feel really good as I drive home with 2 or 3x my buy-in safely in hand.

I'm getting pretty good at study, memorization, categorization and prediction of player behavior, but it takes a LOT of focus. I can only do that effectively for at most 2 hours or so. Also, after that time, the percentages of pot odds turn to fuzz in my brain unless it's super easy figures. And I can forget about figuring implied odds.

JERSEY18801 said:

Recently at $1/2 game went from $200 to 460, lost it all in a suck out 30min later, when's a good amount to cash out in a game.

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At this limit after doubling you need to pause ever! It is a good amount to catch his breath. Maybe you are lucky one must always take into account that luck ends! Perhaps we could change the table! A good sign of a pause, if a lot of the time no.. Or 5-7 hands you can not win!

I always play a certain time limit. When time is up I leave. Up or down. If you double up early and don't want to leave then you can always tighten up.

JERSEY18801 said:

Recently at $1/2 game went from $200 to 460, lost it all in a suck out 30min later, when's a good amount to cash out in a game.

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Just notice the mood of table and action cause the same game gives u different result.

It's always good to keep you in a back range

JERSEY18801 said:

Recently at $1/2 game went from $200 to 460, lost it all in a suck out 30min later, when's a good amount to cash out in a game.

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For me most of the time there is just one table going live. So its hard to cash out, unless you wish to eat or take a complete break. If the table is juicy, there are plenty of bad players around, then perhaps stay.

I will tell you one thing. Winning builds a feeling of confidence , and you get used to it. Sometimes it is better to walk away with a win, hopefully pretty close to the top of your stack. It makes you feel good, and reinforces positive things.