Here's my dollar.........

I thought this would be a running strip club thread. Sigh.

 

I played a hand similar to this a few months back. I think I even might have posted it here. I flopped the nut flush. Guy to my right hits straight flush on the turn after he bets and I go all in.

 

That's also a good way to leave cash on the table. I've found that my best hauls come when I stay for as long as I'm winning.

Mathematicians will say there's no such thing as going on a rush, but I don't believe that. There are times when you swing up and times when you swing down. The trick is to stay at the table for as long as you can before swinging down.

Usually, I'll keep playing, even if I think I've won enough, until I lose a couple hands I think should have won. Yes, I give back a little money, but I'm pretty sure I've maxed out my earning potential.

A good example is when I went to Atlantic City last year. I just had a great run of luck coupled with some great play at the table. The first night, I got up $300 and (having bought in for $200), figured I had probably earned all I was going to. Still I kept playing. Ended up with $1100 in front of me at one point (up $900). I stayed around, took a bad beat or two and lost $100.

Now, I gave some of that money back, but had I left right when I thought I had won enough, I would have cost myself $500. I left the city with a nice $1,400 profit in my pocket, which is significantly better than the $600 I had planned to lose.

As Mike Caro says, don't manufacture winning streaks by leaving just because you're up. Play until you stop winning.

Hitting a $600 pot is great, but if you stuck around, you probably could have won more for a couple reasons: First, you now have a big stack you can bully with and, second, some of those guys are now going to be gunning for you and playing poorly. They'll stick around when they should get out just for a chance to get their money back.

Also, out of courtesy, if I hit a big hand like that, I'll usually at least stick around for one more cycle, even if I'm ready to leave. Many times, I won't even play a hand (unless it's a big one), but I think it's good etiquette to at least give the appearance of giving people a chance to win their money back.

 

An island weekend with Chef does not sound pleasant ... unless he's bringing the sandwiches from his poker nights.

 

Oh yeah.....and the only time Art Monk will get in the Hall Of Fame is if he buys a ticket.