KNOWING When To QUIT A Poker Session

[@PokerCoaching]

What do you do to ensure that you are quitting a poker game at the RIGHT time?

[@YTSparty]

Another question, when is the best time to realize you suck at poker and should just be a rec player? Before you are in huge debt?

[@stylin40s]

@@YTSparty Yes, BEFORE you are in huge debt, if you can't win at small stakes, don't move up. I'm a produce farmer and I can say MANY people say "I want to farm, but I need at least 80 acres." Joel Salatin said it best "If you can't make money farming out of your backyard, what makes you think that adding more stress and going bigger will make you successful? You'll just lose more money, even faster." There is a reason it's known as grinding. It's tedious, it's slow, and when done right the results are glorious. Try to push too hard, you'll burn out. Lose focus, bad things happen. Poker is a mental game, it takes time to recognize our own faults, own up to them and work to better ourselves. To be great at anything requires you to find all your triggers, even deep ones you didn't realize you have, mine them and fix them. It's easy to push blame externally and get frustrated by the "now," but, some things can't be taught, they have to be learned. Every parent understands that, all too well.

[@robertw8897]

Listen to my wife! lol

[@maxwelllittle5291]

I have always committed to quitting after a certain amount of time of number of hands, since even if I am winning if I play too long I will make more mistakes. I don't have tons of poker stamina yet so it is a good method for me.

[@nettakogopolzovatela]

Hmm, it's 21st century and most of your videos is kinda redundant, most of them can be reduced by 2-3 times - most of them is just talking, and even then watched in 2x mode

[@jlaux7]

A mentality I recently started to embrace when playing poker -- some of your sessions are bound to be losing ones, no matter how well you play. Don't try and get even in that session, but instead focus on each hand, learn from them if applicable, and move on to the next session.

[@thomascoyne3735]

thank you for this... very timely for me. I struggle with allowing myself to leave before my target session time of 6 hrs. But when I do allow myself to leave early I am always happy with my decision on the way home. Things are somehow clearer on the way home. 🤓

[@PokerCoaching]

You're so welcome!

[@danielrutkowski6636]

Great great observation. I will definitely look to implement something like it.

[@krisrhodes5180]

I think also needed for some us: A stop win. I.e. an amount that, once you win that, you quit--because otherwise you might go on that kind of "positive" feeling tilt where you play badly because you feel like things are going well.

[@heinrichh.6369]

I understand your point but I personally have had the experience that I more often than not overall actually play better when winning. I'm more able to make borderline (but) correct folds. You might be missing out on some nice winning opportunities. Chances are the games you quit because being up a certain amount might be good games. When you are winning some else is losing and might play worse in result.

[@nomilknosugar4900]

A great video! The question this raises (that would make a great video!) is how you identify the good and bad players at your tables. I play online with a HUD and I reckon I can get a basic read within 50 hands, but I used to be somewhat oblivious (because there is a lot of bad play going on). Now there are 3-4 cardinal signs I look for, and if a player does any one of them I can swiftly adjust to exploit them. -open limping -playing short-stacked -folding too wide from the BB. -showing-up with the wrong hands

[@tims.2834]

I always look for a seat change or table change when I end up with the second-best hand in multiply pots. I will let a new player take that seat and I will take the losses while I still have the focus to play my "A" game in a different seat or table. Im sure we all use this strategy as we are looking for a sun run position.

[@guillermoalvarez9400]

I have this issue as well because I seem to think I’m good enough to make the losses back, and indeed there have been days where I have been down piles, dealt with run bad, lack of cards, etc, put my head down and grinded back to even or even a decent profit, but because of that there have also been days where I wish I quit earlier cause my head wasn’t in it.

[@SONNILoL]

Any tips how to keep your head up next day, when you have been taken hard bad beats couple of days. Also mainly against big fishes. Hard to keep continuing when feels like nothing hits on your way for a long time and keep doing best what you have learned. Good vid!

[@jppagetoo]

I always have had a stop loss in place. The time limit and why it helps is something I have not done in the past. If I am running bad, I naturally just stop playing so maybe it was in place and I didn't think about in these terms that Jarvis talekd about. Good info, I know I can improve on the mental side of poker.

[@spencerlee3201]

The timing of this video is uncanny! I've been running so hot lately, and finally last night got stacked 3 buy ins in less than an hour! Good to know when to take a break. Unless the game is really juicy I'll stop after loosing 3 buy-ins, I find that's a usual good indication I'm not on my A-Game that day

[@usauditresponse]

That's crazy! I stacked 2 people 3 times last night on a streak at the Hard Rock in Cincinnati, I brought up Jonathon Little and they came at me hard. Every pot I raked I said, yep, that's what Jonathon taught me. Played until 7:30am, had to work at 9.

[@sean_haz]

Even if you were on your A game you probably won't be after losing 3 stacks.

[@spencerlee3201]

@@sean_haz Yup exactly! Which for me indicates a good time to get back at it another day :)

[@richardgoerlich1261]

Excellent content and something all poker players can relate to and implement.

[@stylin40s]

Another addition to "Risky Times" if you have to go to the bathroom it will nag at the back of your mind and you will rush decisions, I learned this in my pool playing days, performance falls off quite a bit, even if you just have to pee.

[@enlightenme4194]

Great video I thought it would be stuff I already know, and I was wrong!

[@losyart]

Very good job those ones are more helpful than strictly strategy videos

[@PokerCoaching]

Glad you like them!

[@loco4dogg]

The other day I sat down at .50/1.00 and immediately flop a set of tens and lose to a set of Aces, same player just a few hands later flops a set of nines and cracks my pocket Aces. Down $175 in short order was my cue to quit that session.

[@sean_haz]

Ouch

[@davidberger7170]

Is 1 fish and 7 regs a game you want to sit in? If not, what is the criteria to determine if it is a good game to play in?

[@andrewryan7029]

Position on the fish or multiple fish.

[@davidberger7170]

@@andrewryan7029 I always try to have position against the good players and out of position against the fish. Is that incorrect?

[@andrewryan7029]

@@davidberger7170 Yes the fish is much easier to isolate this way

[@riotxo]

Full vid where?

[@Ladonko2009]

That numbness for me is a single buy-in live. Any tips to avoid getting frustrated too easily?

[@stylin40s]

Poker on the Mind just released a podcast about this yesterday "Track the inputs, not the outputs" they have a lot of great mindset podcasts and hand breakdowns. I'm sure Jonathan won't mind me mentioning something Tricia Cardner does, as they have worked together in the past.

[@ReaperAHHH]

Love you Gripsed!

[@FranciscoLetsGo]

I'm thankful for this vid because lord variance has def made his appearance in my life 🤣

[@Falckodotcom]

Very good content, thank you! Where can we find the video about making 100k a year?

[@Falckodotcom]

found it : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ6zXqCgZtObeKc

[@PokerCoaching]

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[@crazycooter5880]

You still play on ACR and are you still winning?

[@PokerCoaching]

I was smashing them then they banned me for saying to not keep lots of money on the site and that they are not as safe as a regulated bank (which is what multiple of their pros claimed).

[@tomdavies3680]

It took me a few years but I worked out my highest EV play is to just watch TV instead! 😂

[@fozy2349]

The bigger question I've been asking is when to quit the gane entirely.

[@Chino-bk9fd]

when people start folding j4o its time to go home

[@chlorineisnotabeverage]

I would not get up and use the bathroom then donk off all my money.

[@bullyboy131]

"Quality quits"

[@KingAladeyelu]

lvl 25 wizard

[@gman9035]

For me after 5 minutes

[@LowTide941]

Gripsed!

[@AwakenInsights]

Get stackin