Tilting/Bad Beat Approach Question

fanmail · #1 08-12-2005, 05:52 PM

I recently suffered a string of suckouts on the river today. Effectively going through 4 buyins at 1 table. This angered me and I left the table as I felt like I was tilting and could no longer play without punching my screen. My question is how do you guys effectively deal with suffering a bad bead or a string of them? What do you do to avoid tilting or how do you handle it when it arrises? What are some strategies I can employ?

gomberg · #2 08-12-2005, 05:53 PM

Relish and dance in the Sklansky bucks you're earning, then quit, go get laid, and go to bed [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

BobboFitos · #3 08-12-2005, 05:55 PM

smash your thinkpad t42, then send it to ibm because you have it under full warranty.

it's alot of fun, esp. when one has anger issues periodically.

fisherman112 · #4 08-12-2005, 05:59 PM

i find the best way to deal with tilt is to refuse to admit you are not playing your a game and raise every pot for an hour, then wonder at the end of the week why your pokertracker stats went down.

best thing in the world, hands down, is playing microstakes nl on stars or ub like a batshit crazy LAG and needling people when you suck out on them. losing that 20-50 bucks is a lot less than you'll lose raising 85% of your hands at real stakes.

fanmail · #5 08-12-2005, 06:02 PM

So...smash your computer, go get laid, then come back and play microstakes and beat people down and talk smack? Sounds like a fun weekend. Thanks guys.

mgsimpleton · #6 08-12-2005, 06:05 PM

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best thing in the world, hands down, is playing microstakes nl on stars or ub like a batshit crazy LAG and needling people when you suck out on them. losing that 20-50 bucks is a lot less than you'll lose raising 85% of your hands at real stakes.

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yes. especially the "how could you call me with xxx?! you're terrible." when xxx was the winning hand... until the river.

neon · #7 08-13-2005, 04:59 PM

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best thing in the world, hands down, is playing microstakes nl on stars or ub like a batshit crazy LAG and needling people when you suck out on them.

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One night, instead of going on full blown monkey tilt after a retarded run of bad luck on UB, I started taking whiskey shots and playing the $.01/.02NL game. I left the table w/ about $38. LOL. I think a couple budding young TAGs swore off poker forever that night . . . [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

mgsimpleton · #8 08-12-2005, 06:01 PM

throw your chips violently across table towards guy who busted you three times, curse him out, and never make him want to donate money to you again.

wait i'm pretty sure that only applies to live play. and also its probably not the best idea.

tsa89 · #9 08-13-2005, 07:19 PM

Drink Heavily and continue playing

srm80 · #10 08-13-2005, 08:23 PM

you need to lose all respect for money in general. just play the right game, get into a state of mind where money and losing mean nothing to you, and focus on making +EV decisions every single hand. when someone makes a bad beat on you, make it a point to type in NH, NO MATTER WHAT. you know why? because money means nothing to you, you just love the game!