[RiverDood]

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Quitting ahead is not necessarily good. When you are ahead, you are mostly playing better than when youre down. Therefore, dont quit early b/c you are ahead.

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Hmmmn. That depends entirely on the player.

If you're rested, focused and outplaying people consistently after the flop to make your money, then hurray!! Keep going as long as your synapses let you.

But it's also possible to get a nice little jag where big pocket pair show up a couple times (and hold up) . . . where a flush draw comes in . . . where a small pair flops a set. If that's perked up your session and you're tired or the fish suddenly leave the table, that's a very excellent time to call it a night.

I've seen too many talented but erratic players come unglued by staying too long, hoping to squeeze more out of a winning streak. They start playing small pairs too long against too few opponents. They get sloppy about playing anything sooted. They jam the pot with nothing on a scary board against a calling station and get furious when the guy's middle pair holds up. Pretty soon, they're in the red and steaming.

Those meltdowns don't happen all the time. But they happen often enough that I'd be inclined to respect a winner who knows when to get up from the table.