Re: How to Stop TilT
When I find myself not playing my best, due to tilt, being tired or whatever, just quit and play when you feel confident again.
Also, post the hands that makes you tilt. I have more or less gotten over tilting from bad beats. They're a part of the game and makes the fish keep playing. The reason I sometimes tilt is because I feel I have played a hand badly, for example, getting alot of money in whith the worst of it etc. However, often when I have played such hands, I post them here and find out I played them OK after all. This boosts my confidence right back up.
What to do when a tilt does not go away between sessions? When I first started playing I was unsure of my game and the tilts could last for days. To avoid this, I made a check-list which I had to go through every hand I was involved with (only works online). The list had statements like:
1) Don't chase with bad odds.
2) Play solid pre-flop. (i.e follow the 5/10 rule, don't play hands likely to be dominated etc.)
3) Don't bluff a calling station.
4) Don't go broke in an unrasied pot.
5) Don't make fancy plays at SSNL.
6) If you block, fold to a raise.
7) Don't check a set on a draw rich board multiway.
There were alot more, which I can't remember now.
If I managed to brake any of these rules, I quit imediatly.
This worked great for me.
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