Musings of a deranged mind

[BBill]

Musings of a deranged mind
or “How to achieve you full potential playing poker”


Poker is addictive
This is not a bad thing, many things are addictive such as work, some hobbies and exercise but lets not forget about crack, cigarettes and alcohol.

Poker appeals to the same part of the brain as some of these addictive things.

What is “tilt”
Tilt is the natural reaction of the human mind when proposed with the possibility or “fear” that the current feed of its addiction could come to an end.

I estimate the level of psychological addiction that is present in people that like to play poker is equivalent to that psychological addiction in that of a cigarette smoker minus the health problems associated with smoking of course. The addictive patterns of somebody who likes to drink alcohol is another likening to the addiction of poker.

If a beer drinker is out on the town drinking and having fun that last thing they want to hear is somebody telling them to stop drinking. The thought of this happening makes them want to drink MORE. This parallelism is also true of a smoker; the thought of stopping their addiction even temporarily is frightening.

A poker player likes to play poker, after a bad beat or two the fear of short term cessation of playing poker causes a fearful reaction in which they play MORE hands and therefore make bad plays which further increases the chances that they should stop the session which causes MORE hands to be played. This is tilt.


Part II: Delirium Tremors of Poker
or
Reach the next plateau

To be continued?


Anyone agree? Disagree or feel nauseous?