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The only cure for tilt is to walk away but if you hve seen the beats enough they just wash over you. Some things others see as bad beats i dont anymre say ak v aq q flops thts just pooker but i will still get pissed off at the bad 1s say trip q losing to quad 7s lol
 
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Great info for an amatuer player.Theres a few players I might need to show this too_One of the best post ive seen yet,thanks for the info.
 
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I could have used this last week when a cold run of cards and not having a smoke for 3 days because im tryin to stop sent me on major tilt.
I play mostly heads up matches, and it just seemed like every donk that was trying to give me thier money would river me.
I really started to play bad and unrational, pushing preflop with middle pockets and chasing bad draws.
Atleast I woke up the next day and the nicotine jones was gone and i won my losses back.
 
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Haha well i got the all cure for this so called TILT you guys are suffering from. Its very simple load a bowl of your finest herb and burn it down although illegal in the US and other parts of the US marijuana is proven to do wonders for online gaming. Everything from CounterStrike to Everquest. Im quite sure that online poker falls somewhere in there as well, bassically it just cools yours nerves .
 
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Great advice

I really enjoyed that article on tilting. I think the best thing to do, in my experinces, is to remind your self that stuff happens and sometimes you can't avoid it. Just sit back and try nt to dwell on it. Take a deep breath and count to 10. This does help. Just remember that your game is good enough that you can win and let it go.It's all over now and there is nothing you can do to change it. So why try.You didn't get the chips that quick thefirst time so settle down and play your game. You can always come back, it just takes time. Remember that Rome wasn't built in a day and niether was your stack. Don't force it and good things WILL come to those who are patiant.If you can nurse a short stack you handle a bad beat.:D
 
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This will sound daft but I noticed i tilt more if I have an audiance, if its just me on my own where no one can here me or see me I can brush off tilt very quickly, but if my wife is hanging around for example I can go into a full on rant and rage that last a long time, like I said sounds daft but I know it to be true in my case, simple solution play in isolation.

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i usually take a deep breath and remind myself its only a game and only money that i will win back in time if i keep playing good poker
 
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Looks like the Roy Rounder newsletter
 
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I tend to have a cigarette after a particular bad beat and think about what has happened. Just like sparking up after sex

20 a day on the poker front and a packet a year on the sex front:)
 
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omfg this thread is sooooooo old it needs archiving if it is popular
 
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no emotions

100% true

personally, i feel like poker is like business. they are 2 venues where your emotions are not only unwelcomed, but counter-productive. the only emotion shuld be the joy of the bet, not the frustration of the bad beat.
 
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A very valuable article...sometimes I find half a valium helps me through when I get near the bubble...
 
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I have serious issues with tilt. I not only go on tilt but I go to berserk, I hit and brake everything near me. Please tell me how to avoid it before it even happens.
 
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GREAT POST, VERY INFORMATIVE
 
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This will sound daft but I noticed i tilt more if I have an audiance, if its just me on my own where no one can here me or see me I can brush off tilt very quickly, but if my wife is hanging around for example I can go into a full on rant and rage that last a long time, like I said sounds daft but I know it to be true in my case, simple solution play in isolation.

Wow, I am the absolute polar opposite. If I'm playing online at home and hit 3-4 bad beats in a row it's been pretty common for me to get pretty steamed and take it out on the mouse or anything else around me for that matter (I put a fist sized hole in my computer room door when I first started playing). If I'm around people, or in a casino I'll either blow it off like it's nothing, or suffer silently as to not upset anyone around me. What a difference, huh?
 
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GREAT POST!!!

I can handle being outplayed, I can handle my mistakes - what pushes me over the edge is when I play a hand right, and I get cracked.

I mean, say I pick up AK - I raise a bunch preflop announing I have a hand I don't push all-in with AK since it's a drawing hand). Get one caller and the flop gives me my K with a possible flush draw. I bet large just in case the villian has a flush draw. He calls and the flush card hits and I'm thinking I'm beat. Cards turn over and he has like a K4...and the river brings a 4 for 2 pair. He knew he was beat - he knew his kicker stunk - but he called the bet anyway and sucked out. That is what pushes me.

If I had slow played, or left some doubt that I had a hand, and he hit top pair on board - then that's my mistake and I shouldn't have slow played. I get mad, but more at myself. But when I play it right, straight up, no deception and still get a top pair with bottom kicker calling - and I lose - it just blows me up.

I have lost money on tilt after hands like that...but I recover quickly. My problem is I'll pick up 10 10 next hand and raise preflop and see an overcard on the flop - and still bet big to chase out anyone else. But I know the only caller is going to be one that can beat me...yet my brain tells me he's bluffing and I lose more than I should. That will usually put me back on track. If I could avoid the "hand after" effect, it'll be much easier on my BR.

I need to learn to shut it down for a few hands or even a round. What I find though, is I usually win my money back from the donk within an hour. Unless, another thing that puts me on TILT, is the donk leaves the table right after.

I have def learned that swings are huge in online poker. I put in $75 and have been as high as $125 and as low as $13. Last night I was back up to $81, but now I'm back to $69. I think if I can avoid the "hand after" I'd get my money back quicker. I'll lose $4 on a bad beat, then lost $4 more on tilt - then I spend the next hour or two getting that $8 back (playing .05/.10). If I had just lost the $4 and walked away a bit, it would have cut my recoup time in half.

GOOD POST!!!
 
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This explains why I lost my weekly bankroll every time. Spend hours building a stack up, suffer a bad beat, and then you're throwin money out the window. The worst is when people know you are on tilt and take advantage of it, and start beating you with mediocre hands. This causes you to go on tilt even more, but by now you have lost your entire bank roll and it's just a big stress bubble on your shoulders.
 
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That was a really good post.
Thanks for showing it to us :)
 
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I am allways on tilt its getting ridiculous...thnxx for help

thnx for the info... it reallyy helped


Another tid-bit I got in my e-mail, figured I would share this as well..

How To Avoid Going On TILT

When a poker player goes on "tilt", it means that
he is playing in a way that is DIFFERENT than
normal... in a way that is based on EMOTION and
the events of the game.

For example... if you got pocket Aces and lost a
big hand to someone with pocket 2's, you might go
on TILT because of that bad beat...

Or let's say you had a pair and your opponent went
all-in... and once you folded, your opponent
showed you that he was BLUFFING with a nine-high.

You might go on TILT after that... because you
were TRICKED and you blew the chance at doubling
your chips.

The point is, TILT is an EMOTIONAL state. And the
most important thing you should know about tilt is
this:

Tilt is DANGEROUS.

It's dangerous because it will cause you to lose
money... LOTS OF MONEY.

Why?

Well, put simply, tilt makes you do things that
you wouldn't "normally" do.

It makes you place over-aggressive bets... it
makes you stay in pots longer than you should...
and it ZAPS your self-control and discipline.

The good news is, I can show you how to "avoid"
tilt. But first, let's look at EXACTLY how tilt
occurs when you play...

The PRIMARY REASON that tilt occurs is because of
a MAJOR LOSS. There are other causes, but this is
the main one, so we'll focus on it here.

By "major loss" I mean a BIG POT that you COULD
have won... or even perhaps SHOULD have won... but
DIDN'T.

For some reason, poker players can always remember
the BAD BEATS and BIG LOSSES they've suffered, but
never remember the big victories.

Tilt works the same way.

You can be winning hand after hand after hand all
day... but then suddenly go on TILT following one
lost pot.

When tilt occurs, it first impacts your EMOTIONAL
mind... because like I said, tilt is just an
emotional condition.

Then it will impact your LOGICAL mind.

As much as we'd like to believe we can SEPARATE
our emotions from our thinking, we just can't. The
truth is, emotions are FAR MORE POWERFUL than
logic or reasoning...

So when tilt occurs, you'll start playing in a way
that JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

You'll try to bluff more, you'll raise more, and
you'll be more aggressive.

Why does tilt work THIS way?

Why does it make you play more AGGRESSIVELY,
rather than TIGHTEN UP?

The answer lies in what our brains are trying to
"accomplish" with tilt.

You see, in poker... and in all of gambling... the
rule is this:

GAINS COME SLOWLY. LOSSES COME QUICKLY.

It can take three hours to win a hundred dollars
but only THREE SECONDS to lose it all... and more.

Now I'm NOT talking about something like winning
the lottery here.

I'm talking about being able to CONSISTENTLY win
money by playing SMART and KEEPING THE ODDS IN
YOUR FAVOR...

That's what Texas Holdem strategy is all about:

Keeping the odds in your favor.

Because the more you play with the odds in your
FAVOR, the more money you win.

Well, when a major LOSS occurs, you lose all that
time you spent building up your GAINS... so your
brain goes on TILT.

And what your brain is TRYING TO DO is to win back
all that money you lost... fast.

In fact, your brain trying to win the money back
as QUICKLY AS YOU LOST IT.

Make sense?

It's kind of like the stock market...

When a stock goes from $100 per share to $50 per
share, it's a decrease of 50%.

But for the stock to get BACK to $100 per share,
it has to INCREASE BY 200%.

That's a big difference. And if you know ANYTHING
about the market, you know that 200% increases are
hard to come by...

The reality is it will probably take YEARS for the
stock to gradually climb back to $100 per share.

But the investor doesn't want to think about it
that way. The investor wants his money back RIGHT
NOW...

And therefore the investor will go on TILT and
make poor buying decisions with his money...
hoping to find that "miracle" stock.

Poker is the same way. Except instead of hoping
for a miracle STOCK, a player on tilt is hoping
for a miracle MONSTER HAND like trip aces or a
royal flush.

The problem is... the ODDS don't work like that.

You can't SUDDENLY win a ton of money... just
because you lost it in the previous hand.

That money is no longer yours...

In addition, a major lost pot SKEWS YOUR ENTIRE
PERCEPTION:

A pre-flop raise of 1,000 chips no longer looks
"big" after you've just lost 10,000. So you decide
to call the raise with your K-4 offsuit... because
TILT has got you by the balls.

The point is this:

You must AVOID TILT. Period.

But how?

A lot of pros will tell you that the way to avoid
tilt is to, "Think logically, take a deep breath,
and remember that it's all part of the game."

Phooey.

You and I both know that that stuff doesn't work.

Because like we said before, TILT IS EMOTIONAL.
And that means it CANNOT be solved with LOGIC.

The key to avoiding tilt is to CATCH IT right
before it happens...

So the VERY MOMENT you lose a big hand... or take
a bad beat... THAT IS WHEN YOU MUST "INTERVENE"
with your mind.

THAT is when you must take control.

And you can't just tell yourself, "Hey, this is
just a part of the game..."

No.

You must SEPARATE YOURSELF from the game... for
however long it takes to "regroup".

For instance... if I lose a big hand at a casino
I'll usually have my chips covered up and I'll
go grab a quick bite to eat. I'll get some fresh
air... call my girlfriend... go back to my hotel
room... whatever.

THEN I will come back to the table and continue
playing.

When I'm not in a casino and don't have the luxury
of being able to take a break from the game, I'll
simply "sit out" for the next few pots and pay my
blinds.

I'll fold my hands and just watch... I'll breathe
deeply and focus on MY GAME. Period.

This "separation" is the secret to avoiding tilt.

Because first of all, it keeps your emotional
brain from consuming your LOGICAL brain. Don't ask
me why... I'm not a scientist. I just know that it
WORKS.

And secondly, separation allows you to KEEP THINGS
IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE.

You'll be in control. You'll know that a pre-flop
raise of 1,000 chips IS A LOT... and you'll fold
your measly K-4 because you're thinking CLEARLY.

You'll go back to YOUR GAME. You'll remember your
strategies and techniques... and you'll gradually
start winning with the ODDS BACK IN YOUR FAVOR.

Honestly... of all the tricks, techniques, and
Texas Holdem secrets I teach, avoiding tilt can
quite possibly have the BIGGEST effect on your
bankroll...

Because whether you spend ten hours or ten
THOUSAND hours "grinding it out" at the poker
tables, your money will VANISH if you go on tilt.

Which brings me to ANOTHER interesting secret I've
discovered...

The EXPERIENCE OF TILT is actually just an EXTREME
form of experience that happens ALL THE TIME when
you play poker.

What I mean is EVERY TIME YOU LOSE A HAND you're
going on tilt. Except, this tilt would be a small
version of "the real thing."

Stick with me here...

If TILT is just an EMOTION, then you're ACTUALLY
going on tilt all the time... except it's only
noticeable during the really big pots.

The truth is you're going on "Tiny Tilts" all
game... every game... that are swaying you back
and forth and back and forth from the REAL
STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS YOU SHOULD BE TAKING.

That's why the PROS are able to avoid tilt so
effectively...

Because they've played SO MUCH POKER that they
know the RIGHT play to make... in virtually every
situation. Emotion just doesn't factor in.

And ultimately, that's the BEST way to avoid
tilt...

...is to adopt a complete SYSTEM of playing
STRATEGIES and techniques that YOU STICK TO
throughout the game.

Take emotion out of it. Just play the proven,
step-by-step methods that will help you
CONSISTENTLY win the most money at the table.

And the way you do that is by either playing for
years and years and years... and "figuring it out"
on your own...

OR...

By using the system of WINNING strategies and
methods created by someone else.
 
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What a great post. next time i will have to think of it this way.
 
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This is the most helpful post I have ever read.TY.Needed this more than anything.I printed it off.
 
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well i have experience being tilt before and did lose some money..i read half of this post and im really tired and need to get some sleep so i will finish it later but this looks like a helpful post for a lot of ppl also i learned not 2 go on tilt any more it took a while but i finally got myself to playing normally and i do agree that a lot of players only remember the bad beat or the suck out or w/e...a lot of us dont realize that not only we get sucked out on we also suck out on other ppl...like lets say i chased a flush draw against some1 and that person went all in on turn and i decide to chase and hit my flush <<< thats a suck out and that person will be mad just like if it was the other way around then i would be mad. but anyways my points is what comes around always goes around and we need to learn to deal with it because poker is poker....or w/e that phrase is lol im really tired so i will c u guys later
 
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Thanks

I would like to thank you for your post it has helped me alot to know it's not just me that dose it.
Another tid-bit I got in my e-mail, figured I would share this as well..

How To Avoid Going On TILT

When a poker player goes on "tilt", it means that
he is playing in a way that is DIFFERENT than
normal... in a way that is based on EMOTION and
the events of the game.

For example... if you got pocket Aces and lost a
big hand to someone with pocket 2's, you might go
on TILT because of that bad beat...

Or let's say you had a pair and your opponent went
all-in... and once you folded, your opponent
showed you that he was BLUFFING with a nine-high.

You might go on TILT after that... because you
were TRICKED and you blew the chance at doubling
your chips.

The point is, TILT is an EMOTIONAL state. And the
most important thing you should know about tilt is
this:

Tilt is DANGEROUS.

It's dangerous because it will cause you to lose
money... LOTS OF MONEY.

Why?

Well, put simply, tilt makes you do things that
you wouldn't "normally" do.

It makes you place over-aggressive bets... it
makes you stay in pots longer than you should...
and it ZAPS your self-control and discipline.

The good news is, I can show you how to "avoid"
tilt. But first, let's look at EXACTLY how tilt
occurs when you play...

The PRIMARY REASON that tilt occurs is because of
a MAJOR LOSS. There are other causes, but this is
the main one, so we'll focus on it here.

By "major loss" I mean a BIG POT that you COULD
have won... or even perhaps SHOULD have won... but
DIDN'T.

For some reason, poker players can always remember
the BAD BEATS and BIG LOSSES they've suffered, but
never remember the big victories.

Tilt works the same way.

You can be winning hand after hand after hand all
day... but then suddenly go on TILT following one
lost pot.

When tilt occurs, it first impacts your EMOTIONAL
mind... because like I said, tilt is just an
emotional condition.

Then it will impact your LOGICAL mind.

As much as we'd like to believe we can SEPARATE
our emotions from our thinking, we just can't. The
truth is, emotions are FAR MORE POWERFUL than
logic or reasoning...

So when tilt occurs, you'll start playing in a way
that JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

You'll try to bluff more, you'll raise more, and
you'll be more aggressive.

Why does tilt work THIS way?

Why does it make you play more AGGRESSIVELY,
rather than TIGHTEN UP?

The answer lies in what our brains are trying to
"accomplish" with tilt.

You see, in poker... and in all of gambling... the
rule is this:

GAINS COME SLOWLY. LOSSES COME QUICKLY.

It can take three hours to win a hundred dollars
but only THREE SECONDS to lose it all... and more.

Now I'm NOT talking about something like winning
the lottery here.

I'm talking about being able to CONSISTENTLY win
money by playing SMART and KEEPING THE ODDS IN
YOUR FAVOR...

That's what Texas Holdem strategy is all about:

Keeping the odds in your favor.

Because the more you play with the odds in your
FAVOR, the more money you win.

Well, when a major LOSS occurs, you lose all that
time you spent building up your GAINS... so your
brain goes on TILT.

And what your brain is TRYING TO DO is to win back
all that money you lost... fast.

In fact, your brain trying to win the money back
as QUICKLY AS YOU LOST IT.

Make sense?

It's kind of like the stock market...

When a stock goes from $100 per share to $50 per
share, it's a decrease of 50%.

But for the stock to get BACK to $100 per share,
it has to INCREASE BY 200%.

That's a big difference. And if you know ANYTHING
about the market, you know that 200% increases are
hard to come by...

The reality is it will probably take YEARS for the
stock to gradually climb back to $100 per share.

But the investor doesn't want to think about it
that way. The investor wants his money back RIGHT
NOW...

And therefore the investor will go on TILT and
make poor buying decisions with his money...
hoping to find that "miracle" stock.

Poker is the same way. Except instead of hoping
for a miracle STOCK, a player on tilt is hoping
for a miracle MONSTER HAND like trip aces or a
royal flush.

The problem is... the ODDS don't work like that.

You can't SUDDENLY win a ton of money... just
because you lost it in the previous hand.

That money is no longer yours...

In addition, a major lost pot SKEWS YOUR ENTIRE
PERCEPTION:

A pre-flop raise of 1,000 chips no longer looks
"big" after you've just lost 10,000. So you decide
to call the raise with your K-4 offsuit... because
TILT has got you by the balls.

The point is this:

You must AVOID TILT. Period.

But how?

A lot of pros will tell you that the way to avoid
tilt is to, "Think logically, take a deep breath,
and remember that it's all part of the game."

Phooey.

You and I both know that that stuff doesn't work.

Because like we said before, TILT IS EMOTIONAL.
And that means it CANNOT be solved with LOGIC.

The key to avoiding tilt is to CATCH IT right
before it happens...

So the VERY MOMENT you lose a big hand... or take
a bad beat... THAT IS WHEN YOU MUST "INTERVENE"
with your mind.

THAT is when you must take control.

And you can't just tell yourself, "Hey, this is
just a part of the game..."

No.

You must SEPARATE YOURSELF from the game... for
however long it takes to "regroup".

For instance... if I lose a big hand at a casino
I'll usually have my chips covered up and I'll
go grab a quick bite to eat. I'll get some fresh
air... call my girlfriend... go back to my hotel
room... whatever.

THEN I will come back to the table and continue
playing.

When I'm not in a casino and don't have the luxury
of being able to take a break from the game, I'll
simply "sit out" for the next few pots and pay my
blinds.

I'll fold my hands and just watch... I'll breathe
deeply and focus on MY GAME. Period.

This "separation" is the secret to avoiding tilt.

Because first of all, it keeps your emotional
brain from consuming your LOGICAL brain. Don't ask
me why... I'm not a scientist. I just know that it
WORKS.

And secondly, separation allows you to KEEP THINGS
IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE.

You'll be in control. You'll know that a pre-flop
raise of 1,000 chips IS A LOT... and you'll fold
your measly K-4 because you're thinking CLEARLY.

You'll go back to YOUR GAME. You'll remember your
strategies and techniques... and you'll gradually
start winning with the ODDS BACK IN YOUR FAVOR.

Honestly... of all the tricks, techniques, and
Texas Holdem secrets I teach, avoiding tilt can
quite possibly have the BIGGEST effect on your
bankroll...

Because whether you spend ten hours or ten
THOUSAND hours "grinding it out" at the poker
tables, your money will VANISH if you go on tilt.

Which brings me to ANOTHER interesting secret I've
discovered...

The EXPERIENCE OF TILT is actually just an EXTREME
form of experience that happens ALL THE TIME when
you play poker.

What I mean is EVERY TIME YOU LOSE A HAND you're
going on tilt. Except, this tilt would be a small
version of "the real thing."

Stick with me here...

If TILT is just an EMOTION, then you're ACTUALLY
going on tilt all the time... except it's only
noticeable during the really big pots.

The truth is you're going on "Tiny Tilts" all
game... every game... that are swaying you back
and forth and back and forth from the REAL
STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS YOU SHOULD BE TAKING.

That's why the PROS are able to avoid tilt so
effectively...

Because they've played SO MUCH POKER that they
know the RIGHT play to make... in virtually every
situation. Emotion just doesn't factor in.

And ultimately, that's the BEST way to avoid
tilt...

...is to adopt a complete SYSTEM of playing
STRATEGIES and techniques that YOU STICK TO
throughout the game.

Take emotion out of it. Just play the proven,
step-by-step methods that will help you
CONSISTENTLY win the most money at the table.

And the way you do that is by either playing for
years and years and years... and "figuring it out"
on your own...

OR...

By using the system of WINNING strategies and
methods created by someone else.
 
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There is a lot of good insight in the above article but I have to partially disagree with this statement.

As much as we'd like to believe we can separate our emotions from our thinking, we just can't. The truth is, emotions are far more powerful than logic or reasoning...

It is true that emotion is more powerful than logic… if you allow it. You don’t HAVE to allow it however. We all have emotions. That doesn’t mean we ARE or have to BE our emotions.

I very rarely go on tilt and here is why. I am constantly reviewing my play. If I played a hand correctly but loose then I know I am on my game and it is not a big deal. Since I have confidence in my game it is easy to acknowledge, let it go, and continue. If I loose because of a mistake or poor play I take the time to review the mistake made, correct the mistake in my mind, and continue with confidence knowing I have just made myself a stronger player. Either way I am able to turn a negative into a positive.

Now if I find I am making frequent mistakes then I know it is time to quit. Like the article says, “take a break”. Before I go back to the table I will try to analyze the last session, understand where I went wrong and let it go.

There are only 2 things we can control in life… our choices and our actions. To try and control anything else is pointless.

Most folks get in trouble (poker and in life) because 1. they think they don’t have choices and 2. they allow emotions to control their actions.

good luck all
 
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Thanks for that article on going on "tilt." It was very informative. I know for three hands after a bad beat, I just think about it over and over and over again. I think that article will help with the obsessiveness by reminding me to just "get away." Thank you, Cindy Lee
 
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