Re: How do YOU deal with bad beats?
This is how I deal with bad beats:
1) the idiots will draw out on me from time to time, if I'm playing my A-game then well, that's poker (I repeat this to myself)
or if I'm still totally pissed off and want to do bodily harm to the idiot:
2) get up and walk away, temporarily, or if I'm knocked out then a complete break from poker is my only salvation from tilt.
Bottom line for me: if I'm pissed off to the max then I know I will not be playing my best and that will result in even more loses. So I get away for whatever time it takes to calm me down ie 10 minutes, a day or 2 (after a truly heart wrenching beat).
You should also take heart in that statement made by Chris Ferguson, he said that the better you are the more likely you'll have bad beats because only the truly long shots will have a chance to beat you.
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