Chill Out

What do you generally do to calm yourself down after suffering a bad beat, especially if you fell short of getting into the money in a tournament or losing a large sum of money?

I usually lose some more

I usually throw a short tantrum.

kick my cat. Call it back to say sorry, scratch it for a second and then kick it again. Just kidding, I only kick it once.

Depends, I think I have seen enough now that I am getting better at handling them. I usually will not play a hand unless it is a monster until I have checked my emotions and can focus again.

What can you do? Accept the fact you got unlucky and move on

Bad beats are the hardest part to accept in poker but we all get them. I hate to say it but I suppose its what attracts all the bad players as well

I feel my blood pressure building up like I have to hit something but I usually just go walk the dog and cool off. Either that or down a beer or two.

I find that a string of obsenities helps to soothe the savage beast (although I would never do that live). If I'm really pissed, I have to get up and walk away, otherwise, gfpokerfan sums it up for me.

A big blast of Jack Daniels seems to calm me down after a minute or two, but it does seem to make my play later on a little sloppier

I ignore it. Honestly.

I spent a good deal of time awhile back thinking through every possible emotion and reason for having that emotion that I would get when someone sucked out on me. Then I read Psychology of Poker. Then I thought some more. And I haven't really had any tantrums or even been upset since.

I can still feel a sting of disappointment as I realize that a pot that just one card ago was huge, and mine, was miraculously handed to another player who had no reason to even call pre-flop, but I feel I get the right emotion for the right reason: I feel sad because I lost money, not angry at the other person - or worse; at the world for hating me. :P

Anyway, it took me awhile. It also helps if you get tons of bad beats. You get used to them after awhile.

I generally beat the kids and choke the dog..or is it choke the kids and beat the dog,hmmm j/k (maybe)..chain smoke,then curl up in a fetal position while chanting the 7 dirty words that George Carlin gave us ( u youngsters probably dont even know him!lol).But do I EVER have sense enough to quit?!?!? HELL NOOOOOOO!!! Shuffle up and deal!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm gonna go out on limb here and ask: Who here thinks Freddie (FP) is really an android? Just kidding, FP; you give great advice.

Bad beats dont bother me,i just laugh them off, BUT, when i miss out on getting into the money i get mad at myself, then i think to myself, why didnt i just take it easy instead of playing that stupid hand, i should no better. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> buck

I squeeze a stress ball. Works pretty well.

BTW, I have a harder time handling bad (but odds-correct) laydowns than bad beats.

tilt, it's the only way

anno

This is the only part of the game I've become really good at. I just go to the next hand and do not let it get to me. There was a time when I'd tilt something fierce but I worked at making this a non-factor in my game...

If you let yourself go on tilt then you are playing poker at beginner's level. Bad beats, lousy strings, all iners, all part of the game. Next hand please.

I swear at the computer screen.. doesn't do much good.. but at least then I can take a few breaths and then get to the next hand.. Always congratulate the winner by saying nh..Move on

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Cheers,
FP

Hehe.

Naw, I'm not like that!

Anyone seen King Kong?

Cheers,
FP

Okay, all kidding aside:

What I decided, that did the trick for me, was that I *wanted* to play against loose maniacs. Therefore, I had no reason to be angry with them when they did exactly what I expected (and wanted them) to do.

It might sound easier said than done, but for me, that's all it took.

It helps, I bet, that I play mostly limit cash games. Tournaments have more at stake in a single hand.