Top 5 Ways to Beat Tilt in Poker

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Every single poker player has been the victim of their own tilt. Anyone who says otherwise is either in denial or lying to your face. Believe it or not, you can learn to conquer and overcome tilt, and not let it get the better of you.

Controlling tilt is an essential skill for any poker player to have if they want to be successful at the game. Here we have the Top 5 Ways To Battle Tilt At the Table.

Click to read the article, then tell us here: what was your biggest take-away from it? How do you battle tilt, or do you have more advice for the poker newbies out there?

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to beat the tilt you need to work on your mental game. I would start ofc from understanding what variance really is, but imo we should work much on our brain like meditation and health life. If you don't feel good it's really hard to avoid tilt because you are naturally more nervous and you stress more.
 
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Every single poker player has been the victim of their own tilt. Anyone who says otherwise is either in denial or lying to your face. Believe it or not, you can learn to conquer and overcome tilt, and not let it get the better of you.

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Controlling tilt is an essential skill for any poker player to have if they want to be successful at the game. Here we have the Top 5 Ways To Battle Tilt At the Table.


Click to read the article, then tell us here: what was your biggest take-away from it? How do you battle tilt, or do you have more advice for the poker newbies out there?

Share your thoughts!
In my opinion tilt will be beatten only after you have many poker games played so it will be beatten by experience. Once you played many poker games you become use with losing good pots with good cards sometimes so in time the anger after won't appear anymore after a while.
 
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DONT PLAY
DONT GOTO POKER FORUMS
DONT WATCH POKER VIDEOS
DONT READ poker books

and just go back to a normal life. but if you do any of the above youll be roped in to this world where youre gonna get tilted. or be in a constant argument with yousrself that youre not tilted and its just how it goes , its just how IT GOES!!, it JUST HOW IT FN GOES!!!!, ITS JUST HOW IT FN GD GOES
 
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DONT PLAY
DONT GOTO POKER FORUMS
DONT WATCH POKER VIDEOS
DONT READ POKER BOOKS

and just go back to a normal life. but if you do any of the above youll be roped in to this world where youre gonna get tilted. or be in a constant argument with yousrself that youre not tilted and its just how it goes , its just how IT GOES!!, it JUST HOW IT FN GOES!!!!, ITS JUST HOW IT FN GD GOES
Are you tilting right now? :p
 
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well, the experience in poker also teaches you to quickly overcome the descends of animosity in bad plays, the beauty of poker that you will always have your revenge, you just have to look for it, success is persistence, luck always favors the persistent.
the best thing you can do when you have had some bad moves and you have lost and you feel frustrated is to go out exercising, running or some physical activity, that always helps
 
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When I started poker, I played hours on end in cash gamer holden zoom, not at first, my mind was fresh and I always won, that is, I left the tables with the double of my starting chips.
But with the passage of time in an interval from one day to another the game was changing, and since I was playing at that level a lot, I could not see the changes, and with the passing of time I was losing and I could not win the moves anymore who won, sometimes lost by variance and hit nothing on the flop, sometimes lost by pure mistake, but as I was starting I could not realize that I was tired and was going through tilt.
Today, to not suffer more from tilt, I seek besides playing poker, other activities like reading something, watching TV and still rest every 2 hours played in cash games.
When I take some bad beats, I try to put myself in the situation and see that moment could have been mine and it would be selfish not to accept defeat because in poker everyone is subject to gains and losses.
 
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Good points. The most important for me is to understand that bad beats, coolers and suckouts ar part of this game. You cannot avoid these things. The second most important point, is to always have the mental strength to close the session and take a break.
 
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There's a documentary called "All About Uncertainty" about Quantum Mechanics that talks about uncertainty. Physicist Leon Max Lederman says it can be comforting for many people to have certainty. However, certainty is torpidity and we need uncertainty, because it is the only way to proceed.
 
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Probably slope is the inevitable part of the game. I think that this experience is not only experienced by a poker player, but also by an exchange broker or even by an athlete. When a football player hits the goal and enters the bar - he also experiences failure when he is knocked down, and the judge did not notice it - he also tithes ...

Tilting is a common thing in the life of anyone. Success is achieved not by those who never experience an inclination, but those who know how to minimize its negative consequences. Tilting should not cause you harm (if we are talking about poker - should not harm your bankroll).

My way of dealing with the slope is to clearly understand when you are tilting. This is actually not difficult. And realizing that you are in a state not suitable for a successful game - you just need to stop the game. And that's all. It keeps a hell of a lot of money and nerves.
 
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TILT

Enjoyed the article I think one of my weaknesses is managing emotions have good performance in the sit gos to participate but anxiety and downsizing affected my game for a long time
Fortunately I have identified these flaws bound by Article 5 liked the ways to prevent the tilt drop your bankroll.
I'm not ashamed to say that this has made me reduce my bankroll numerous times I sincerely hope I have learned to deal better with the tilt.
:jd4:mateuspoker
 
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Here are some things I usually do to try and combat tilt:

1. I have a 'notepad' that I usually discount all my frustration after being tilted, you know? I usually talk a lot **** in that notepad until all my frustration is gone.

2. After doing procedure '1', I read again what I wrote while was stressed and often laugh a lot.

3. I often see some of my previous hands in which >I< applied bad beats to other players and see that this happens to everyone.

4. Read some saved articles that I have here from brazilian professional players in which they also complains about bad beats.

5. I watch videos on youtube that I like and I find it funny.
 
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Very interesting articles. I read also the the other one, that was mentioned in first one.
I think, an important thing, is to determine what brings you on tilt at all and then you can take the necessary steps to avoid the tilt. For example, if the trash talk of others brings you on tilt online, just close the chat window.

If you have a a kind of down streak, but you still have the willing to play. Maybe it is good to lower your levels of buy-in.

Playing with scared money can bring you easily to tilt. Therefore a proper bankroll management is necessary.

With bad beats, I would just start to tag the villain and make some note on him. I wouldn't start yell on him.

If you are completely frustrated about several losses in a row, just take a break, at least for 1-2 hours or better till the next day. If it stays like this, play less and on lower limits. Use your more poker free time for learning something new about poker.
 
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Here are some things I usually do to try and combat tilt:

1. I have a 'notepad' that I usually discount all my frustration after being tilted, you know? I usually talk a lot **** in that notepad until all my frustration is gone.

2. After doing procedure '1', I read again what I wrote while was stressed and often laugh a lot.

3. I often see some of my previous hands in which >I< applied bad beats to other players and see that this happens to everyone.

4. Read some saved articles that I have here from brazilian professional players in which they also complains about bad beats.

5. I watch videos on youtube that I like and I find it funny.
Btw. number one is great, maybe I should try this at my work. :D
I am often sitting in front of pc there and I am yelling. :eek:
 
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#1 most underrated and easily avoidable tilting situation that after 20 something years is still my single biggest financial leak that doesn’t have to do with pretty women dancing on poles ...

Don’t play when you’re sleepy.
 
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It's funny that this one was chosen for discussion : I know there have been threads here that have been dedicated to " patience , control etc"
For me I have seen players lose it , and yes I have lost it to - and I know what and why I am doing this , but seriously sometimes I just let it happen and then take a break - like go and eat a few smokes , graze through the kitchen ...
Sometimes when you know you have a good hand and shove , then get a bad beat on the river , well now I have lost patience with the software and simply go out the next hand . It's like my give a damn is busted.
Thus knowing all this and working on trying to make it in the game - sometimes you can still lose it. It happens and so with online games - there is always the "Next" time. You can't get it let get to you , just try and learn from each time when it happens.
 
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Very apt articles about tilt and the advices too.I have passed the bads and the goods situations of tilt. I believe that another way to fight tilt is to read philosophy. It makes you think apter and more accurately.
 
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You can laugh, but sometimes it think that every poker site has its own program that tracks the history of every player. When the amount of won money exceeds a certain limit the cards are programmed in such way that the player does not win in any case. I often notice unusual work of the site before the downswing. And the same unusual work of the site before starting the little upswing.
But let's talk seriously.
NEITHER MEDITATION , NOR POKER EXPERIENCE OR CHANGE OF SCENERY WILL HELP YOU TO BIT THE TILT. You will always feel the fear of losing much more money before the game.
Every player would prefer a gradual increase of bankroll instead of being a member of serious downswings and insignificant upswings (which sometimes don't caver the losses).
I think to overcome tilt the following terms and conditions should be met:
1. Poker mustn't be the main source of income.
2. If you are in downswing don't play several days or go down on low limits (maybe play freerolls if you can't live without poker even a day:)).
3. To run point 2 you should limit the amount of lost money during the downswing.
4. Once or twice a week you must read books and watch videos related to poker.
 
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The most important for me is to knowing that bad beats, coolers ar part always part of these games, Having your mind trained to see this and not lose ur head will get you past this.
Its always good to shut down a bit take a vbreak ,and re enter with a fresh mind and correct the mistakes you made It takes hours ,many games and we all still face this problem
 
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Tilt is the biggest problem for me. I'm very worried about the bad bits.
For myself, I decided - that in tilt you need to finish the game and close the lobby client
 
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Sound advice. The bad beat gets everyone. Sometimes I will sit out a few marginal hands I might have played till I feel I am back in control and can play unemotionally. I remember some sage advice from Phil Ivey I read years ago. Do not go to higher limits to try and recoup
your loses.

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All people are different ... for that reason there will be many ways to beat the tilt ... the important thing is to find the way that suits each one ... in my personal case ... I take a break that can last between a couple of hours until a day ..! It is proven that if we play with our emotions and lose control ... well we also end up losing our money ..!
 
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My biggest tilt was when I lost 2500EUR that I had won in a freeroll tournament in just one day playing out of bankroll. If I had to give advice to newbies, it would be that they are studious players and respect their bankroll, not like me that the only thing they do is lose everything.
 
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Tilt might be the biggest reason you lose in poker. Yeah,it is really hard to stay emotionless while losing with A A to 3 9o but playing 100% focused is the way to beat tilt and win. The article about how to deal with a huge tilt might help me avoid the reasonless calls and raises in poker while being tilted :) The article might help you deal with it,a couple good advices is the right way to stay away from tilted poker sessions and losing a lot of money ! My advice to tilted players is to stay calm(this might also help you avoid the tilt)!
 
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Having some humility and recognizing you can't always win is one way of combating tilt.
 
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