If you have a problem with anger from a beat, you should just take a break from the table until you are settled down. Go grab a bite to eat or have a soothing non-alcoholic beverage like a herbal tea or go meditate in a quiet place. Anger will always make you a loser in all areas of life.
Have a toke, it works for me
Have a toke, it works for me
lol.. It seems so easy and logical to say, "just walk away for awhile, calm down, do yoga, drink tea..etc". But there you are on a good table, playing well, having a good time and a good session until wham... 15 years to grow a tree, 15 minutes to cut it down. Then you look at that and see how you got coolered. You know you've been playing better than the others and can continue to do so. Can you all really get up that easily under such circumstances?
lol.. It seems so easy and logical to say, "just walk away for awhile, calm down, do yoga, drink tea..etc". But there you are on a good table, playing well, having a good time and a good session until wham... 15 years to grow a tree, 15 minutes to cut it down. Then you look at that and see how you got coolered. You know you've been playing better than the others and can continue to do so. Can you all really get up that easily under such circumstances?
Oddly enough, I go on worse tilt when I make an inaccurate or poor play than when I get my money in at the right spot and lose to a suck-out/underdog. For example, the other day I got my money in on the flop with AK after hitting an Ace, someone called with AJo, caught a runner-runner flush, and felted me. I went on tilt for about 40 seconds before returning to my solid, focused game. The next session I made a poor read and tried a 3-bet bluff that failed and went on tilt for the rest of the session.
I am a competitive person by nature, so I think deep down I would rather outplay everyone and get felted than make poor reads and suck out for a lot of money.