How to Stop TilT - Page 2

nietzreznor · #11 05-15-2005, 01:27 AM

Personally, when I start feeling a little steamed after a few bad plays/bad beats, I like to take a few minutes off, close my eyes, and take some deep breaths. Something I learned from years of martial arts.
And if that doesn't work, then its time to quit for the day.

AlexMR · #12 05-15-2005, 02:06 AM

Gustavo,

I am going to tell you exactly what a great, great player told me about it. When you are able to control or not to go on tilt, you will be a very good, solid winning player. That doesnt come easy. I noticed that my numbers were numbers of winning players, but somehow I was losing. The answer was simple: I started tilting everytime top set got outdrawn by some moron calling with absolutely awfull odds. What my friend told me was that, instead of going crazy because such things, we should be very happy that we have those players around, because sometimes their miracle card will hit, and they will have their bite of our bankroll but MOST of the times, those players will build us great pots. That is a healthy way of seeing things.

If you are tilting because you know you were outplayed or simply because you know you played certain hand badly, that is a more serious case, but I tell you that this help me a lot: Stop playing not for a few hours, but for a few days!! Read a good book. Take 10 days off. Forget about it for a while. Come back and try whatever you learned on the book (s).

I did that. I had my BR at nearly 340 when I started tilting because of an awful downswing. When I stopped, My BR was at 48. I took about three weeks off. After I came back I have taken my BR to more than 850 in bout eight weeks. My winnings are 7.89BB/100 at NL$25 after my return and I have taken a couple badbeat days (lost 125 last wednesday).

My advise is this: Take a break, read and study a good book or a couple. Understand, as someone told u, that bad beats and losing streaks are going to be part of the game. When you feel you are in one, you have two options. 1.- Stand up for the day. 2.- Play tighter, understand your situation, play solid poker and get out of it! By "understand you situation" I mean that you should not be drawing, you should fold more than usual because the fact that you miss your draw will make you feel even worse and get you on tilt. Bad/losing streaks DO EXIST. PLAY OUT OF THEM!! Most of this streaks get longer because we start playing really bad, because of frustration.

I hope this comment is as useful to you as it was from me.

Play to win, Dont tilt!

AlexMR

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edge · #13 05-15-2005, 04:34 AM

Go on crazy monkey-tilt and throw your computer equipment around the room, then post about it on the forum. I love hearing tilt-rampage stories.

So far, my only tilt-induced loss is a mouse that was a few years old anyway. I ripped the cord out of the mouse by chucking it across the room while it was still plugged in. That was pretty fun.

pk Wools · #14 05-15-2005, 05:16 AM

edge lol
i usually just smack the table, that's about it

PokerCat69 · #15 05-15-2005, 03:31 PM

Shutdown the games and take a break. I'm pissed off right now myself. Played 3 hours of .5/1 and was up $26. Then in 10 minutes I had AA,KK cracked. AK 3 times that missed, and AQ that hit, but I lost to a guy with Q2, who made 2 pair.
I also had flopped 3 different flush draws that didn't connect....3 hours down the [censored] drain.
This is why I'm here. NO one is immune to tilt, when you start losing your cool, close the games and take a 15-30 break.

Publos Nemesis · #16 05-15-2005, 03:36 PM

dude, find a stripper, a whore, a slut, or just about anything to get you off without emotional attachment. if you are in a relationship then get off on that. basically you need to do something physical and mindless but also very pleasurable.

RUSE · #17 05-15-2005, 04:36 PM

All good advice.

Tilt is inevitable. I know of no one who can retain his equanimity under every circumstance.

A couple of tips a friend once gave me:

1 If you make your third mistake in a session; stop right then and there. If it was a BIG one, don't even wait for the blinds. Quit. And relax.

2 Be honest with yourself. Every mistake you (or someone else) makes is more than just a mistake. It is an opportunity to 'grow' as a player. Don't let your ego get in the way of your game.

3 Try to draw up some ground rules you need to play by. Something like Ciaffone&Reuben's Ten Commandments. Not adhering to them is mistake number one before you even start.

On a side note. This forum has given me many hours of pleasant lurking already and more than enough material to improve on my game. Thanks all of you who don't know me; you might be seeing more of me in the future.

kongo_totte · #18 05-15-2005, 06:10 PM

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.

crazygoose · #19 05-15-2005, 06:25 PM

Remember that when a fish calls you down with a shitty hand that you have beat and then draws out on you YOU STILL WIN MONEY. Today I had about three premium hands totally drawn out on with a 4 outter hitting the river or something like that. I just sit back relax and wait for the fish to make the same type of call again.

Gustavo · #20 05-16-2005, 06:01 AM

A pleasent way to start the day, Two donks who hit a 2 outer
i couldnt care less, think in the long term Gustavo, breathhh , kidding

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Hero ($49.25)
MP3 ($73.70)
CO ($55)
Button ($20.80)
SB ($39.10)
BB ($29.65)
UTG ($80.30)
UTG+1 ($50.35)
MP1 ($10.15)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.50, 1 fold, CO calls $0.50, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($2.50) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets $1.5, Hero raises to $5, CO folds, SB calls $5, BB calls $5, UTG+1 calls $3.50.

Turn: ($22.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $9.5, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises to $20, SB raises to $33.6, BB calls $14.65 (All-In), Hero calls $13.60.

River: ($113.85) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $113.85

Results in white below: 
SB has Tc Qs (full house, tens full of queens).
BB has Ts Qh (full house, tens full of queens).
Hero has 4s 4c (full house, fours full of tens).
Outcome: SB wins $66.37. BB wins $47.47.