Re: Advice Please
If you need help with tilt, consider these books:
John Feeney's: Inside The Poker Mind
Larry Philip's: Zen and the Art of Poker
The first is a more analytical look at what goes on in the minds of players; it's also a 2+2 book. The second is a more "spiritual" book that helped me.
Something that also helps is that I play online exactly as I play in a live card room. I know some people get very emotional while playing online poker, and I think this can contribute to tilt. I never curse or yell at the screen and I never toss my mouse. In live play it's important to keep emotions under control, so I carry that to my online game as well. If someone doesn't know I'm playing poker, they'd probably think I'm just surfing the web or doing something in Excel.
Keep playing the level you're comfortable with. If you feel you're able to play the $50 game and have the bankroll for it, continue. But if you feel yourself slipping into tilt, stop.
Good luck,
T
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