ReptilX
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hello.
Personally, what I do to avoid tilting is to remember that there is always a percentage of luck, there are times when this percentage can help us and many times it can work against us. Also remember that there will always be another opportunity.That is what I do and I think it has worked for me.
Regards and good luck.
Personally, what I do to avoid tilting is to remember that there is always a percentage of luck, there are times when this percentage can help us and many times it can work against us. Also remember that there will always be another opportunity.That is what I do and I think it has worked for me.
Regards and good luck.
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Cooking
Legend
Platinum Level
After you understand and accept that bad beats will happen all the time in poker it gets easier to deal with bad beats and tilt. But my immediate advice to you is to take a break of poker when you see you are on tilt.
Kenzie 96
Legend
Loyaler
Just have to learn & accept that bad beats are part of the game & it frequently means you are playing against a player(s) who don't know what they are doing. Sometimes they get lucky, mostly they give their chips away. One thing that helps, when you make a mistake & get your chips in bad but suck out on the river, acknowledge that you sucked out, made a mistake & still won. This is not something you deserve, you just got lucky. Remember these hands & it helps when it goes against you. If variance makes you angry, maybe find domething else to do. It happens to everyone including you.
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
The first step is to realise, that this is even happening. So by doing that you are already on the right track. The next step is to use various meditation and mind control techniques like deep breathing, positive thinking and so on and so forth. And also be mentally prepared. Nathan Villiams have made many videos on Youtube about bad beats and tilts, and one of his suggestions is to say to yourself "this session I am going to suffer at least 10 bad beats, and I am ok with that" before you even start playing.
If the tilt happen anyway, and its bad, then sit out for 5 minutes and walk around the house, make a cup of coffee or whatever. This does cost some chips in tournaments, but unless you are very short and deep in the tournament, its usually not that much of a deal, and its less bad than dusting away all your chips due to bad tilted play. Also if this was nessesary, you should definitely plan to end your session as soon as possible and take at least an extended break for several hours. So stop adding more tournaments and focus on finishing those, you already have running.
Finally its important to try to focus on the process rather than short term results. I am personally in a bit of a slump at the moment, having played around 3.000 games (mostly SnGs) on pokerstars with no results. And the change, I implemented recently, is to hide the balance in the cashier to force myself to only look at it once a week rather than after and even during each single session. And I am also not going to look at results in my tracker more often than that.
Its human nature to pay a lot of attention to, how we did in the latest session. But if we are using proper bankroll management, there is really no need to know, if we are up $30 or down $50, because we should have plenty of money to play the games, we selected, and adjusting our game selection once a week should be more than enough.
What we should do instead is to spend more time studying and reviewing our hands. The way, I personally do that with SnGs is to import all the hand histories into ICMizer and let the program look for potential mistakes in push-fold spots. If you play cash games or MTTs, the best way is to find the biggest losing and winning hands and look at, how you played them one by one. And also review your final tables.
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If the tilt happen anyway, and its bad, then sit out for 5 minutes and walk around the house, make a cup of coffee or whatever. This does cost some chips in tournaments, but unless you are very short and deep in the tournament, its usually not that much of a deal, and its less bad than dusting away all your chips due to bad tilted play. Also if this was nessesary, you should definitely plan to end your session as soon as possible and take at least an extended break for several hours. So stop adding more tournaments and focus on finishing those, you already have running.
Finally its important to try to focus on the process rather than short term results. I am personally in a bit of a slump at the moment, having played around 3.000 games (mostly SnGs) on pokerstars with no results. And the change, I implemented recently, is to hide the balance in the cashier to force myself to only look at it once a week rather than after and even during each single session. And I am also not going to look at results in my tracker more often than that.
Its human nature to pay a lot of attention to, how we did in the latest session. But if we are using proper bankroll management, there is really no need to know, if we are up $30 or down $50, because we should have plenty of money to play the games, we selected, and adjusting our game selection once a week should be more than enough.
What we should do instead is to spend more time studying and reviewing our hands. The way, I personally do that with SnGs is to import all the hand histories into ICMizer and let the program look for potential mistakes in push-fold spots. If you play cash games or MTTs, the best way is to find the biggest losing and winning hands and look at, how you played them one by one. And also review your final tables.
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rastapapolos
Rock Star
Bronze Level
I think that if bad beats affect your play, you have to make a break for let's say 10min and wait for the rush of emotions to calm down. Try to remember the last time when you gave villain a bad beat, you have weak holding right, but you won, it's just part of the game.
ADRI7HO
On the road...
Loyaler
With tilt it is worth even sitting out of the game for a little bit, but it is important to switch to a tighter game for a bit, so that the mental errors resulting from the tilt do not lead to the end of the game (for example, elimination from a tournament, loss of cash in a cash game).
heguli82
Rock Star
Bronze Level
Even you get better at game, learn about variance and accept bad beats part of the game, take breaks and start yoga, etc., there is no guaranteed that you then avoid tilts or can handle those better. If you are more emotional person then average, poker is your roller coaster. 
Bnobob
Visionary
Platinum Level
you can definitely add to your game knowing it wasn't tilt and add another hand that this time you leave without the vote. If you don't know how to control this, your game will probably stop. You must evolve amateur players who have this attitude. Professionals are always evolving
riff_raff312
Legend
Loyaler
I use to tilt all the time so i just removed the wallet from my back pocket and straighten right up .Okay look all joking aside tilt flip flop all this is just words sometimes all it takes is some good cards and if your not getting them slow down and wait sooner or later they will come this is a game of patience and chance.Now the other side of the coin is the bluff this is where some have won many games and some not so much so pick your poison and have fun don't stress so much.See at the tables!
.Okay look all joking aside tilt flip flop all this is just words sometimes all it takes is some good cards and if your not getting them slow down and wait sooner or later they will come this is a game of patience and chance.Now the other side of the coin is the bluff this is where some have won many games and some not so much so pick your poison and have fun don't stress so much.See at the tables!
paddyswarrior
Visionary
Bronze Level
Yeah it's simple .. if you feel yourself playing worse after getting bad beat then STOP playing. Take at least 1 hour out and go do something else other than poker It's that simple
Don't listen to these long paragraphs of advice given here, just do the above and at least then it gives you time to clear your mind
Don't listen to these long paragraphs of advice given here, just do the above and at least then it gives you time to clear your mind
PokerEdge
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Try to stay calm, I know it's not easy...
Try to continue to play the right game and make good mathematical decisions. Sooner or later (unfortunately, rather later) the results will come.
Maybe try playing on multiple tables, although this won't work for everyone.
Try to continue to play the right game and make good mathematical decisions. Sooner or later (unfortunately, rather later) the results will come.
Maybe try playing on multiple tables, although this won't work for everyone.
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Erickaie
Rock Star
Bronze Level
take it on the chin like really take it! absorb it, think rationally!accept it! Its just Happend! it can't be reversed! get your shit together, and tell yourself I will play even better, and assess and comfront those small mistakes that can lead to losing unesessary hands, and move on, play better from then on, just repeat and once you get use to it, its get easier to move on from a bad beats!
Lena M
Legend
Loyaler
Hi.
The most likely reason is non-observance of bankroll management. Think about it. Without a clear and effective bankroll management, it is difficult to keep emotions under control.
