Leave the table or wait for the next BB?

smuckenfart

smuckenfart

Enthusiast
Silver Level
Joined
Aug 8, 2022
Total posts
32
CA
Chips
0
You're playing several cash tables online, you're doing pretty good on all of them and you're up. You decide it's time to quit for the time being... do you sit out and leave immediately after your current hand or do you wait and sit out next BB?
 
hobojim1247

hobojim1247

Legend
Platinum Level
Joined
Mar 29, 2022
Total posts
1,236
Awards
2
US
Chips
192
Wait and sit out the next BB,,,
 
Rob Hobson

Rob Hobson

Legend
Loyaler
Joined
Feb 2, 2012
Total posts
4,446
Awards
2
BR
Chips
98
I wait for all the free hands and jump out just before pay the big blind.
 
C

Cooking

Legend
Platinum Level
Joined
May 19, 2011
Total posts
2,712
Awards
2
Chips
249
Usually wait until the next BB, but if I'm really tired I just sit out and quit to not take the risk of make a wrong play.
 
smuckenfart

smuckenfart

Enthusiast
Silver Level
Joined
Aug 8, 2022
Total posts
32
CA
Chips
0
Historically, I've found I'm more likely to hit betting hole cards while waiting for the BB to roll around and end up losing money more often than I've hit and added to my winnings. Now, when I'm ready to leave if I decide to wait for the BB then I'll only play AA or KK... even AKs has failed me numerous times.

What about you guys? How often does waiting for the BB actually prove beneficial?
 
F

fundiver199

Legend
Loyaler
Joined
Jun 3, 2019
Total posts
13,267
Awards
1
Chips
262
Definitely wait for the blinds. Posting a blind with a random hand is a losing proposition, so you dont want to do this more often, than you are obliged to. It might not sound like much, but if you give up a few BBs every session by either posting or leaving prematurely, it adds up in the long run. The only time, I would not wait, is, if I am quitting because of serious tilt, or if I urgently need to go to the bathroom :)
 
P

pauloandre100

Rock Star
Silver Level
Joined
Feb 10, 2018
Total posts
229
Awards
1
Chips
1
Always wait for the next BB.

 
S

skaterick

Legend
Loyaler
Joined
Jul 2, 2015
Total posts
1,770
Awards
10
US
Chips
133
i play my free hands ... but very cautiously !
 
N

NotADonk

Visionary
Platinum Level
Joined
Dec 18, 2021
Total posts
521
Awards
1
Chips
122
You're playing several cash tables online, you're doing pretty good on all of them and you're up. You decide it's time to quit for the time being... do you sit out and leave immediately after your current hand or do you wait and sit out next BB?
I will wait for the BB. I like the free hands, but will play conservatively.
 
V

valeski 28

Legend
Loyaler
Joined
Sep 22, 2014
Total posts
2,574
Awards
2
Chips
320
Good morningI I´m having a profitable cash session, I leave the tablet the sooner I can.It is better to leave all the tables with your earnings than stay trying to earn even more money.Sometimes, you can ruin a successful poker session playing some risky and unnecessary hands which can turn your happiness into regrets
 
P

Peter_Hyper

Rising Star
Bronze Level
Joined
Aug 14, 2022
Total posts
19
DE
Chips
0
Allways play the free Hands.
Maybe you get some Bullets? You'll never know ...
 
A2020

A2020

Visionary
Silver Level
Joined
Apr 3, 2017
Total posts
728
Awards
1
Chips
13
Usually wait for the next BB. It's better to get those extra free hands.
 
roger perkins

roger perkins

Visionary
Bronze Level
Joined
Oct 21, 2015
Total posts
982
Awards
2
Chips
105
Whenever I play cash games I have a set loss and a set gain limit. If I have hit that gain goal I would play until the next big blind. However I would not get involved in any marginal hands. I've actually drove 45 minutes to get to a poker room played one hand and left because I doubled up. It was a $300 buy in and left with a $320 profit. I did wait until I hit the BB to walk but I would have only played AA KK. I would have played any par if and only if I could limp in to play them and only continue with a set.
 
WDStipa

WDStipa

Visionary
Bronze Level
Joined
Jul 22, 2019
Total posts
500
Awards
1
HR
Chips
36
When I decide I've had enough of playing poker, I always stay at the table and leave the table at the next big blind. I burned myself several times.
I try to play very carefully those last hands.
 
skrtel348

skrtel348

Enthusiast
Silver Level
Joined
Aug 27, 2022
Total posts
34
DZ
Chips
1
I leave when I want.
I don't see what waiting for a new BB would do for me. It could be good or bad, so it doesn't change my thinking.
 
nasty bent gorilla

nasty bent gorilla

Rock Star
Platinum Level
Joined
Apr 30, 2008
Total posts
438
Awards
3
GB
Chips
277
I nearly always wait for next BB before leaving, seems rational. If risking losing a big pot will leave you in a foul mood, then It's equally rational to avoid that situation.
 
mina271

mina271

Legend
Bronze Level
Joined
Aug 23, 2016
Total posts
1,527
Awards
3
DE
Chips
160
If I have the feeling that I want to leave the table then I do so, but when I'm already close to BB then I wait until BB is over. But I also leave the game more often before I reach BB so I didn't make it a rule to wait for it, but maybe it's something I should reconsider
 
heguli82

heguli82

Rock Star
Bronze Level
Joined
Jul 1, 2020
Total posts
416
Awards
2
FI
Chips
79
Normally wait blinds, but my inner tilt monkey take control sometimes and then it squick exit. :giggle:
 
D

DJ HighRoller

Rising Star
Bronze Level
Joined
Dec 8, 2022
Total posts
14
FR
Chips
2
Good morningI I´m having a profitable cash session, I leave the tablet the sooner I can.It is better to leave all the tables with your earnings than stay trying to earn even more money.Sometimes, you can ruin a successful poker session playing some risky and unnecessary hands which can turn your happiness into regrets
i had many times this situation when i was winning and tried to win more and more money and exactly my happiness turned into sadness and regret you are right you have to leave when you are on top as soon as possible
 
Marshmalo1994

Marshmalo1994

Legend
Platinum Level
Joined
Sep 17, 2022
Total posts
1,454
Awards
1
AR
Chips
452
I always wait till the next BB, and play the following hands really tight.
I hate on pokerstars when someone leaves and the BB skips me 😅 I think that that doesn't happen in other sites.
 
Top