When to stop playing?

Hi all, I found this short article on when to stop playing. I think only you know when to stop playing, but it is a good read anyhow...

Probably most of online poker players find themselves in playing poker more then they should do that. Most often they play on free time. The reason of playing so much is very simple. Just imagine a player, who has a good session and loses all his winnings in the last hour or a player who has a really bad session and he tries to catch up. On these cases, both of the players are missed the idea of the time and that causes such troubles like the lack of the money or quarrels with their wife/husband because of the lost money. But this is a bad side of the Poker game. Player who knows, when to stop, most often never feels such problems.

We would like to give you some advices, when to stop playing:

• Stop playing while you are ahead. This follows from the first situation, we have given above. When young player wins a right pot, which is above his primary chips, he should stop playing till next day.


• Stop playing while you are behind. Like we mentioned above most of players, who have bad sessions hope to catch up everything they lost. Most often nothing good happens in this case, because it is high possibility to get on tilt. It is better to relax wait till next session and think about mistakes you've made and strategy for another game.


• Stop playing while you are tired or emotionally unstable. Fatigue causes stress, negligence and player is not concentrated to a game. It is much better to get some sleep or make a fifteen – minutes break and go back to the table with a new thoughts and better strategy.


• Stop playing, if you can't beat the game. Very often players choose a table, which is unbeatable. Choose a table according to your bankroll and your playing skills.

Stop playing poker at a right time is very important and sometimes it even insists some skills to do that. Be strong and emotionally stable, keep working on improving your playing skills and strategy. Never forget to stop playing on time.

Thanks to the International Poker Federation for an informative article.

"IPF Team"

When to stop playing?

thanks, Paul.

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