when to quit and when to keep going? » Mid-High Stakes Plo Discussion

I just had one of those sessions where i played for the most part good (maybe a few spots played bad because of some frustration) but one of those sessions where it just doesnt matter what you do you end up losing. You do your best to minimize losses but shit like flopping top 2 in 3 bet pot and you just lost over and over again.  Obviously also losing all my flips and 60/40s along with running good 2nd best hands into better hands a lot. I know any poker player who has any expereicne knows what im talking about. However in this situation, i was frustrated but not tilted at leastnot  to the point where i felt it was affecting my decision making process. I knew i was getting extremely unlucky, and felt like i was still making good decisions and felt like i still had an edge on my oponent as soon as he stopped running like God. The question is, how long do you think you should keep playing in this situation, keep going past 10 bis? 20 bis? when they just dont stop running like God and you keep telling yourself just keep making good decisions, your time will come, you still have confidence in yourself. is there something to be said for just quitting even if you think your still making good decisions? What happened today is i finally started to turn things around doubling up a few times, and then of course my opponent quits! thoughts?? probly should mention im talking about a hu session here

I think the specific number of buy-ins for a stop-loss is much less important than that you establish one based on your game type, bankroll, tilt control, etc. and stick to it. 

The number will be different for different people obviously, but I'd think 20% of your roll would be the upper limit for almost anyone.

FWIW, I've moved to 2/5 live since Black Friday and have an $8,000 roll.  I've established a stop-loss of $1,500.  That's the amount I can lose and still go to sleep without any problems.   Everybody is so awful at low stakes live that it's a little bit different, though.

Good luck.