Double up and go

[Bigloutru]

Or called the hit and run. Is it a great idea to leave once you double up at a cash table? I play a lot of live cash games and struggle with walking away once I double up. Then end up wishing I would have. What’s your strategy or what do you do that works?
-bigloutru

 

[UncleConRon]

My opinion

Your right once you double on a cash table its best to go to another site and just sit on it and play something else. A good place is pogo.com. You play spades or cribbage to solidify your win. Usually just to kill time while waiting for the cards to turn back to poker.

 

[AKQ]

Or called the hit and run. Is it a great idea to leave once you double up at a cash table? I play a lot of live cash games and struggle with walking away once I double up. Then end up wishing I would have. What’s your strategy or what do you do that works?
-bigloutru

I think the real reasoning behind leaving should never be because Im scared to lose it all. It should be more like whos beating me and why I cant beat them.Luck is never a reason to leave either in my opinion. Luck changes constantly you taking the night off only helps if the reason you left is.. You tilting.
Gl on the table heres a funny movie line I just twisted : You wanna know how I control my tilt? I'm always on tilt!
Bruce Banner/HULK in Avengers 2

 

[Bigloutru]

On leaving...

I think the real reasoning behind leaving should never be because Im scared to lose it all. It should be more like whos beating me and why I cant beat them.Luck is never a reason to leave either in my opinion. Luck changes constantly you taking the night off only helps if the reason you left is.. You tilting.
Gl on the table heres a funny movie line I just twisted : You wanna know how I control my tilt? I'm always on tilt!
Bruce Banner/HULK in Avengers 2

I recently played a 2/2 cash table and pretty quickly doubled my money. I kept playing and lost everything. I then went on the 2/5 cash tables and got my stack up a little over $1100. I should have left then. I continued to play on and took a huge $400 hit to my stack. I went on tilt and lost the rest. This was a horrible night for me and I just wish I could exercise more discipline and get up once I double up, which I do usually quite fast.

 

[ekgbeat]

Or called the hit and run. Is it a great idea to leave once you double up at a cash table? I play a lot of live cash games and struggle with walking away once I double up. Then end up wishing I would have. What’s your strategy or what do you do that works?
-bigloutru

I too have an issue with this. I know that I will play scared after a quick double up so I follow two personal rules on this.

1. If I doubled through one player, then I leave after they leave the table.

2, If that will take to long, or I doubled through multiple players, then I will fold all hands except top 5% of hands for 5 orbits. In a 300NL game, that is giving back $20 if you have no playable hands. JUST FOLD.

 

[Poker_Mike]

Or called the hit and run. Is it a great idea to leave once you double up at a cash table? I play a lot of live cash games and struggle with walking away once I double up. Then end up wishing I would have. What’s your strategy or what do you do that works?
-bigloutru

If you leave after doubling up then you are denying yourself the opportunity to quadruple up.

But to address your post - at a live table the players will want a a chance to win their money back and may try to keep you at the table with, "Hey where are you going?" And, "Why are you leaving? It's not even late yet!" LOL

You need to remember that these players are not your friends and simply want to win their money back from a player who's play they became somewhat familiar with.

In a cash game - you never owe anyone an explanation for leaving the table NOR do you need a reason to leave.

I suggest you examine yourself psychologically and try to determine what is deterring you from leaving the table? Are you looking for approval from the table? Do you not want to disappoint the table? Do you not want to leave a winner? Are you embarrassed to take money off the table? Really deep seeded things like that. But only you can say what the real reason is.

Good luck !

 

[scobido]

my strategy is after winning half the money with which I went out of the table and come back with minimal buy. Most of the time I pay.

 

[cypherpup]

I like to do hit and run on live cash tables. It helps me build a better bankroll and also gives a way to say ok I am done I have had my fun for the day.

 

[omer10068]

Once I double myself I play slower and it helps to earn more, for me anyway

 

[MemphisGrind]

Or called the hit and run. Is it a great idea to leave once you double up at a cash table? I play a lot of live cash games and struggle with walking away once I double up. Then end up wishing I would have. What’s your strategy or what do you do that works?
-bigloutru

You should keep playing until you feel like you're no longer playing your A game.

Coming with a pre-determined session works well too. I play midnight till 6:00 a.m. if anytime during that I feel like I'm not playing my A game whether I'm up or down I leave, and if at 6:00 a.m. I'm still playing my A game I'll keep playing until I lose a hand then I'll leave. Has been quite profitable for me over the years.

Good luck.

 

[scolopin77]

Listen to yourself

Memphis is quite right. Plus somethimes leaving after double up if you are playing good is selling yourself short. Poker is about making money but it is also about having fun. I would had that sometime it can be because you are not confortable at a table that you would want to leave. You can always ask to move to another table.

 

[Goldog]

I too have a tendency to get stacked after awhile at cash tables. It often comes down to calling off a stack you’re not comfortable losing. The first buyin would be ok. But now I have an investment!

Either way it feels foolish. You know you can hang with these players but fear.

Fight it. Buyin smaller. Move down in stakes. But fear is no reason to leave money on the table. Leave when the opposition is too tough. Or you’re off your game. Or it’s a preset time.

Because you are winning? That’s ratholing and poor etiquette. And a leak.

I am

 

[Polytarp]

Like any game, sock your initial investment away and play with your winnings if you don't have a lot of cash. Otherwise, you can choose to play a bigger game or maximise your potential winnings at what seems to be a great table. Again, this depends on what your end game is...win as much as you are comfortable with at your level or win as much as possible which entails a larger injection of risk and ability.

 

[Sil3ntness]

Certain players/dealers frown upon individuals that hit and run. However, it is YOUR MONEY. If you want to hit and run that is on you. Don't let what other individuals think affect your play. If you are not comfortable playing 200 BBs deep or whatever, cash out and wait until you can come back with 40-100 BBs again.

 

[Pickat]

I don't like to leave a good running table . But I do tighten up my play a little and try not to get involved in coin flip hands for a lot of chips . Don't want to give it all back in one hand . Good luck .

 

[Backlash]

I forget who it was that said this years ago, but if you are winning sit until your butt hurts and if you are losing or start to lose, find any reason to convince yourself to leave.

I sometimes will go hit the buffet or go to the room to shower and give myself a little time to evaluate if I would like to continue with the session or just call it a night.

 

[pescaofish]

On live Cash Tables You should do it with elegance.
I mean you won big, dont run rigth away is bad manners, what I do is 0play very thigth for a while, some 10 hands and never pay any rise, finally you exit in a decent way! :icon_sant

 

[TheDude6622]

There's two rules of thought here. If you had a goal of doubling your money and you hit it, then yes, it makes sense to get up. From my experience, if I double up, other players tend to play more loose to try to win some chips against me. I have turned my double into a quadruple due to this type of play.

 

[hugh blair]

Or called the hit and run. Is it a great idea to leave once you d ouble up at a cash table? I play a lot of live cash games and struggle with walking away once I double up. Then end up wishing I would have. What’s your strategy or what do you do that works?
-bigloutru

I am great at quitting while ahead online in cash.sit and go and spin and go or whatever,
Where I fall down is refusing to quit when behind do not care if variance ruining me losing 60% to 70% favourite flips over and over and am against some of the best players in the world will slug it out for hours.
Find it hard to accept defeat thoughts on how to change this?
Think you and most people are finding it hard to accept defeat after upswing but we have to.
Hitting and running has to be done gracefully live if playing same regulars week in week out where online different so many coming and going nobody will care about etiquette.
If the truth be told before had my children forcing me to stay at home more, either two things happened started poker 7 or 8pm in casino.
Roll was up and down like a yoyo you can not count it until walk to cage,
I left when either busted the part of roll brought could afford to lose which happened a lot,
Or the staff announced last 3 hands you have to leave 12 hours later and went to the cage and cashed out profit.

 

[scubed]

I forget who it was that said this years ago, but if you are winning sit until your butt hurts and if you are losing or start to lose, find any reason to convince yourself to leave.

David Sklansky the guy who wrote "The Theory of Poker" said something similar to...

Whether playing poker for fun/living and regardless of the environment (friends/casino) or frequency (once a week/month) our objective in playing poker is to MAKE MONEY! Making money means saving it on bad nights (leaving a game that is not profitable, where we are the underdog) and earning it on good nights (drinking caffeine to stay awake at a game that is profitable, where we are a favorite).

Check out a thread with other wisdom from him here: https://www.cardschat.com/forum/learning-poker-57/back-books-theory-poker-sklansky-375355/

 

[omer10068]

I think everything is psychological, and if you know how to control it, you will be a profitable player, that I am profitable. I play calm and I am focused and I earn more, but I am under pressure to return the money.

 

[Bigloutru]

6 day run

well hello everyone.
I went on a 6 day run and this is what happened
Day one +108
Day two +245
Day three +345
Day four +990
Day five +360
Day six -1100
I ran myself ragged and kept playing kept playing. Should of got more sleep. Should have stopped for a day or two. I’m still up but still sucks losing a huge chunk of my winnings. Cards just felt bad day six and I kept pushing it. Even went to two different card rooms. Was starting to turn it all around and got stacked. I’m taking a week and a half off to refresh.

 

[skaterick]

online HUD

when playing online poker I often leave after a double up . I am worried about data trackers getting information about my style . on a site like ignition where everyone is anonymous , this move is especially useful as you can quickly go to another table and nobody will have saved data on you . you might even go back to the same table with a shorter stack ! of course , any reads about your opponents also have to start from scratch .

 

[okeedokalee]

I used to have a similar problem with racing, not knowing when to quit...
Now I set a target takeout for the day. When I hit the target I'm done for that day.
Sometimes I can reach my target in the first race.Other times it takes longer.
If I'm having a bad day I have a stop mechanism. I have set a dollar amount and if my losses get to that stage, I stop betting.

 

[Unashamed88]

How you treat a table(leave/stay) Should always depend on 2 or 3 circumstances.

Am I the fish? Am I tired? Am I tilted? = Leave.

Do I know my villains and who the fish are? Am I of sound mind and energized? Am I focused and on my A-game? = Stay.

If you are disciplined your stack should have little/nothing to do with when you leave a table.