Tilt is mostly a non-issue for me. It helps to employ a kind of thinking where you're indifferent to specific instances of winning or losing (e.g. Aces got cracked? Cool, that's one instance of when they were going to lose out of the way. Next tourney plz!). I've largely internalized the mindset that results need to be considered in their totality; that I am not entitled to win any given hand, or profit from any one session. I also play games for which I'm comfortably rolled and fairly confident of my edge vs. the field. Seeing a general, continual upward trend in my graph can be encouraging, and I'm happy to do what I can to make it slope ever more steeply.
After a trip to the kitchen for snacks, and giving it a little more thought I would like to add that it is extremely rare for me to go on tilt. The example I described earlier being one of the exeptions. In fact, I don't tilt in tournaments, only in cash games where I can't believe people are playing the way they are with real money. It's like they've hacked someone elses account or must be using a stolen credit card or something.
As far as tournaments go, I'm not sure how to deal with being on tilt, but the way I keep from going on tilt is to never risk too much of my chipstack on any one hand. Then it's easy to shake it off when you lose a pot. I also avoid pre-flop shoves, even with monster hands like As and Ks. Of course, you're not going to lay those hands down when someone else shoves on you. You just have to be aware that every chip you put in the middle is at risk. I often remind myself of what Superchicken always told his sideckick, "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred".
As said above, recognizing when you are tilting is crucial. You need to know what makes you tilt - suck-outs? Your own bad play? Losing X number of buy-ins? And you need to recognize what kind of plays you make when tilting, for example, getting too aggressive or calling too many 3bets. Then it's a question of having the discipline to take a short break to regroup, play a different game or lower limit, or stop playing entirely.
I found that tilt can last for multiple sessions/days so now I try to start each session afresh without thinking about the previous ones.
IH, your 2 post were 'right on' mate ... the difficulty is to play the way you 'know" to be right and not ever fine yourself saying: "I knew better".After a trip to the kitchen for snacks, and giving it a little more thought I would like to add that it is extremely rare for me to go on tilt. The example I described earlier being one of the exeptions. In fact, I don't tilt in tournaments, only in cash games where I can't believe people are playing the way they are with real money. It's like they've hacked someone elses account or must be using a stolen credit card or something.
As far as tournaments go, I'm not sure how to deal with being on tilt, but the way I keep from going on tilt is to never risk too much of my chipstack on any one hand. Then it's easy to shake it off when you lose a pot. I also avoid pre-flop shoves, even with monster hands like As and Ks. Of course, you're not going to lay those hands down when someone else shoves on you. You just have to be aware that every chip you put in the middle is at risk. I often remind myself of what Superchicken always told his sideckick, "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred".
1. Recognize 'tilt' (and the reason for it if possible)How do you guys handle tilt?
Do you guys do any yoga or meditating?
What music you guys listen too?
wait till you listen to it when you are on tilt becuase someone sucked out on you.omg - Mike matasow-he was a donk. AWESOME so funny