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Message: [QUOTE="Madragalahad, post: 5973564, member: 425585"] I guess it depends on a few factors. Available time and personality type being the most important. Most people need routines: without concrete structures they make obvious mistakes, like playing when they're tired, or starting a new MTT immediately after finishing well in another without thinking about whether they're likely to continue to play well for another four to six hours. Most of us get a buzz from a decent win; and sometimes you're just playing well and you want to keep going. Occasionally I can't sleep after a late finishing tourney anyway - when that happens, if I still want to play, I'll play S&Gs or 3-handed twisters/spins for a while. If I don't want to play but I can't sleep there are plenty of other things to do. Some days your luck seems all bad: that's when I've learned to stop - at least for the rest of that day, unless there are games in my calendar that I wouldn't want to miss (e.g. league games). If it helps you to make rules for yourself, then most of yours seem reasonable. Except for coffee, especially in the second and third hours of big games. And, for me, alcohol (in moderation), particularly at key stages of long tourneys, such as approaching the bubble or the final table. Coffee helps me to keep concentrating - but it doesn't help me wind down after the game's finished. Alcohol is a narcotic, which is partly why I like to drink at the late stages of games, especially if I want to sleep soon afterwards. Dependency usually only happens if you make these things part of your daily routine and consume excessive amounts. But whatever works for you is fine. If it isn't working, try something else. Fourteen hours straight playing poker is probably too much anyway. I used to do that (and more!) when I first started playing online. But back then I was playing to learn as much as playing to win. A question to ask yourself might be, "Am I intending to make a living from poker, and if so, how many hours a week do I want to work?" If you decide instead that poker is just a hobby, then devote enough time to it to keep it fun without letting it become an obsession - or a chore. There's more to life than poker - we're all playing more at the moment because of covid lockdown restrictions. I'm definitely taking a break once they're over. Almost definitely.... [/QUOTE]

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