When to get up and walk away, also limits

Hi PokerProDrm,
Welcome to PokerStrategy.com

Originally posted by PokerProDrm
1- With this style if I am sitting at a live poker table (No online where I live) and I am getting no cards at all for the style over say a 2-to-3-hour period, then on top of it when i do get cards to play I either get out drawn, I start with jacks they have kings. it's just one of those days nothing is going right. How do most of you decide ok today is not the day and get up and leave? is it a certain amount of time you give yourself to heat up, is it a certain amount of money lost? a hand count?

I play 4 orbits, 10 BB or 1 hour. If nothing is happening in that time, I just leave. If I have been up and down, I'll stay a while longer.

Originally posted by PokerProDrm
2- Am I wasting my time trying to play tight aggressive when I can only play low limit like 1/2 NL, and it seems like nothing will get people off hands.

Tight Agressive is still the way to play. If they're calling you down with the worst hand, you will win long term. Beware though — overplaying the weaker made hands can kill you.

All the best,
VS

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
Hi PokerProDrm,
Welcome to PokerStrategy.com

Originally posted by PokerProDrm
1- With this style if I am sitting at a live poker table (No online where I live) and I am getting no cards at all for the style over say a 2-to-3-hour period, then on top of it when i do get cards to play I either get out drawn, I start with jacks they have kings. it's just one of those days nothing is going right. How do most of you decide ok today is not the day and get up and leave? is it a certain amount of time you give yourself to heat up, is it a certain amount of money lost? a hand count?

I play 4 orbits, 10 BB or 1 hour. If nothing is happening in that time, I just leave. If I have been up and down, I'll stay a while longer.

Originally posted by PokerProDrm
2- Am I wasting my time trying to play tight aggressive when I can only play low limit like 1/2 NL, and it seems like nothing will get people off hands.

Tight Agressive is still the way to play. If they're calling you down with the worst hand, you will win long term. Beware though — overplaying the weaker made hands can kill you.

All the best,
VS

For the walking away part are you playing cash or online only

Ultimately if we can continue play solid on our current level there is no need to necessarily leave the table. But for most of us there are some things that might start to build some form of tilt and it can be tough to recognize that.

In general it's advisable to not play overly long sessions. E.g. in online I have noticed around 2h cash sessions work well for me. Then at least small brake. In live it might be good idea to sitout for moment as well if possible.

Being card dead really suck in live as you get so small amount of hands per hour anyway. So beside some socialising you should use all that time to really follow action. Are there some reads to be gained on fellow players? After all you have all the time in world when folding those crap hands

Setting stop loss is one option if you know losing could make you play worse or you are simply under rolled for the stake you play. E.g. could be sitting out if losing 3 bins or 5 bins.

Most important thing though is to learn to recognise if you are not playing well and be disciplined to end session if that is the case. Few bad decisions done might require ton of well played hands to recover from.