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That’s a good question and it depends on a lot of different factors for me. The biggest factor is whether or not the game is good. I might stay for hours and hours getting trash cards if there are a few really weak opponents there. More often than not though if it’s bothering me that I’m getting bad cards for an extended period of time then it’s probably affecting my game and ideally I should just pick up. I don’t always do that and when I don’t I generally have my worst sessions.
I generally just try and take a break for several minutes if I’m hitting nothing. Walk Around. Maybe grab some food. But what Brad said, if it affecting how you play and making you play worse it is time to leave.
Winning poker is all about patience. If you are playing good it can be quite boring. We all go card dead pretty often but you never know when it will turn. The key factor in my opinion is your mental state. If you start playing hands you shouldn’t just because your bored then you should just quit the session early. To me it’s just part of the game and can present opportunities. Just think if you are card dead for a long time you probably look like a super NIT to the rest of the table. Use your image to your advantage.
Best of luck!
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I use this time to really focus on the other players at the table. Who is playing a wide range of hands, who is playing snug, any betting patterns, any tells? All of this information helps once I do pick up a hand.
I generally will get up and take a walk outside for 10-15 minutes to think about how I am playing. As we all know, it can be pretty frustrating to keep whiffing flops or just not getting anything playable. I also try to use that to my advantage from a table perspective.
What I certainly don’t do enough is what 806er suggested above. This is a great time to be able to really focus on learning the tendencies of others at the table. When not in a hand, I like to play out how I think the action will go based on how I have ranged the players involved. This really gives a good insight into how other people play.
Thanks for giving me something else to think about 806er.
I like to play for at least 3-5 hrs, and will switch tables sometimes but if I am down money after that or just generally running crappy I will get up and try another day.
It’s weird to me how it seems like there are just some days you can’t win no matter how long you play.
Yeah buddy GO GIANTS!! Thanks for all the insight guys! It’s just so hard to walk away when you never get a chance. I never took the whole NIT perspective approach, I like that one!
Cheers!
I think of my patience like this long strong elastic band…. it has more give and take than most of my opponents and can really stretch for long periods of bad cards and even bad rivers. But after a really long bad run… i can physically feel my patience at the utmost stretch. If I dont leave (at least go to dinner) – then really bad things often happen (like stupid bluffs, adventurous calls etc..).
I’m not a poker pro so take my advice with a grain of salt.
Cash games first.. If card dead I loosen up a bit. widen my range so to speak. no one wants to play a table with super nits and if I am on one I will try to move as quickly as possible. By loosening up a bit I can throw away 30-50 bucks here and there. It defines my image as a loose player and when I get a real hand I can capitalize on that and take advantage of my image. Overall I am a very winning player but that may be because of good bankroll management too.In tournies its a similar strategy. Normally I start off fairly loose. If I get lucky and hit early on then I build my stack up to carry me through the middle stages. If I don’t hit then I tighten up. I’ve only played tournaments against the local amateurs but I have done very well. Normally 80-100 players and normally finishing in the top 3 spots. There has only been 1 tournament where I was card dead for the entire thing and I ended up blinding out.
I’ve noticed the best approach to being card dead in a room with multiple tables going at your variation of limit is to cash out… go grab dinner… and then buy back in… 9 times out of 10 you will go to a different table, and I’ve found it to be good at changing up your action…
If it still happens after that then it’s frankly just not your night…
HIGHLY disagree with the notion that you should be widening your range strictly because you are card dead. Just keep playing your game and maintaining your range. You’re not a nit because you refuse to play absolute garbage, and if you aren’t a nit to begin with and the table believes you to be one then this will work to your advantage.
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