No More Tears!

Hello and thanks for the replies on my last post. It helped a lot. But I was wondering now if it is okay to cry after bad beats. I received a bad beat recently that almost brought me to tears. I was deep in a 15k guaranteed and was picking my spots nicely when SLAP! my KK lost to a river A! I was just wondering if crying was allowed in the poker world? You know like "there is no crying in baseball"! Can I just cry next time or should I hold my tears again? Let me know. Thanks!

i like to cuss...loud...with blasphemous statements. then i go on outside, pace around and think about it and usually 9 times out of 10 i realize i did the right thing...it does suck though. don't cry though, you're just bottling up that bad feeling, yell out bad words for a minute and shake it off...can't go back into the game all hurt

Only problem with crying is that you will be constantly allot if you play long enough, and the tears will get in the way of you seeing when it is time to shove.

^ very true....so maybe crying is a bad idea

has its consequences lol....you def want to be able to see when its time to shove like zorba said....so dont cry...just swear loudly

^^i'm tellin you...cussin...works wonders

get a punching bag and hit it.... And don't hit the wall, or you will have holes your wall...

It seems to me that whatever your emotional reaction is, then that's your reaction and at the moment there's really not too much you can do about it other than try to calm yourself. I would say that the most important thing is making sure that your emotional reaction doesn't get in the way of the rest of your game.

In other words, if crying helps you get the bad beat off your chest, and your head back in the game, then by all means cry your eyes out. Then get back to playing poker. If, however, you find that crying puts you in a bad space where you start tilting and spewing your chips until you've got nothing left but felt, then you'll want to find a way to stop those tears from flowing. Maybe a song you can listen to on your iPod, or a phrase you can repeat in your head or out loud. Perhaps you can try and remember a good time in your life or the time you took down a huge pot.

Hope that's helpful!

Best, T.

cuss, laugh, cry, have a beer, shoot something. do anything that helps you

Usually I swear alot and say "what?!" repeatedly and then I type a bunch of random stuff in the "Player notes" box and mark it with green (On FT) then I've vented, and sworn and thrown my 2 cents, and nobody's gotten hurt

You should always have a kleenex or two nearby whenever you play online poker.....we've all been there.

PS~ Drinking heavily makes it all better..........

Buy a whole bunch of animals that you love- dogs, cats, goldfish, hamsters and anytime you get angry strangle the animal and release your anger. Eventually you will stop getting angry because it is so painful for you to hurt those animals that you love, and you will be a perfectly un-tilt-able, calm person.

Don't cry. Just run into a nearby forrest and punch-dance out your rage.

My name is Rod. I like to party.

I actually find it to be opposite. I get a big chuckle after getting a bad beat. Sure I'm pissed, but I still lol.

no crying is not allowed, man up and take the loss.