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    Quote Originally Posted by daven View Post
    it's never enough

    1 - if you set a time/# of hands plan and start tilting then you shouldn't be continuing to play just because you have a pre-determined plan
    2 - if you are playing soul-read a-game and crushing and feel absolutely on top of things then it doesn't really make sense to stop just because you've been playing for 90 minutes and that was your planned session duration
    3 - don't ever use $$ won or lost as a determinant of when to stop - you shouldn't even know (beyond a gut feel) this during your play

    + what rong said
    I mostly agree with #2 and #3, but I mostly disagree with #1. I think that these are great opportunities to work on getting back to normal, and I think that avoiding them for the sake of immediate EV hurts the EV of players in the long run.

    I also think that with something like #2, it should be a very deliberate and well-defined thing if a player chooses to continue. Something like "okay, I'm playing really well and I'm very focused, so I'm going to play for another 30 minutes before I take a break."

    I wouldn't blame people for skipping out on #2 if they had a scheduled break and planned to get back to the games later in the day or to do something else they enjoy.
    Last edited by spoonitnow; 12-24-2012 at 02:07 PM.

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