i always thought that tilt was getting angry/frustrated and playing a bad hand aggressively....
but, i think that Tilt (for me) is any thing that changes my regular game or my confidence....
sometimes with some big wins and a large stack i will play too confident and start playing without thinking/etc... playing marginal hands oop or calling 3-bets when i should likely fold.. i get distracted by the smile on my face
sometimes if i lose a few big pots, with good hand, i will start playing scared and tighten up and fold to any betting and stop betting for value or c-betting...
what i find lately is that if i just focus on playing good hands and with position and try to be confident that this will give me wins over the long-run.... and try not to let any big losses/wins tilt me... i try to chuckle at the bad beats..
i've also tried to picture some losses as "good beats"... what i mean, is if i lose to a 4 of a kind with a full house, that is a "good beat"... it means, that i played the hand the way i shoud've but came up against a better hand.... which will happen.... if i lose to "good beats" then i try to not to sweat it.... as opposed to losing with 2nd pair, crappy kicker to a board that could have flush/straight/over pairs/etc... which isn't a bad beat or good beat.... it's just bad poker
my comments should be read considering the fact that i have only played for 1.5 years and have only recently began to move from break-even to slight roi...
i have read abut 6 books and watched/read tonnes of videos/blogs... i am in love with this game called poker