Bankroll building and when to leave a table?

[Newmanseye]

So you are Starting to take the game online serious and you make a small deposit, Not enough to bankroll yourself but enough to know if you have a chance.

You play somne cash and you regularly make 3 - 4 times the maximum buy in, on the tables, but the crushing hand comes along that stacks you and you are left broke or back to square one.

I know its never good to leave a rich game but when bankroll is an issue, should you leave the table knowing you have added another 10 - 15 % to your bankroll?

[kinboshi]

There's nothing wrong with leaving a table when you've won a bit of money, especially if you're going to be playing scared and deviate from your A-game because of it.

Of course, if you're playing well, the game's soft and all's good, then play on and win more!  But if you aren't playing your A-game (if it's because you're either up or down), then that's definitely a reason to walk away and save your money for another time.

Also, a win no matter how small after a series of losing sessions can act as a pick-me-up.  So sometimes it's good to chalk up a winning session psychologically.

All in my opinion of course.

[Longy]

There is certainly an arguement if you get quite deep in a cash game say 200bb+ deep. That if your roll is on the build that getting up in this situation is not bad thing as you are basically risking 2 buyins + if you get stacked. I wouldn't personally leave if i believed I had an edge on someone with a similar stack, but if you feel you are kind of neutral or even negative equity against another deep opponent getting up seems a sensible idea.

Also playing that deep changes the way hands are played, stacking overpairs is generally horrible, pot control is vital even with quite strong holdings. Though you certainly can open your game up pre flop playing more speculative hands as you getting massive implied odds post flop.