Getting 'focused' after steaming a bit..

[Mufus]

Hi!

The last months I have experimented a bit..:

When i steam a bit after a couple of horrible beats I take 5-10 min off poker, grab a nice and cold beer and return to my computer. This has seemed to get me off tilt a bit and give me back the focus on the game. The question is: does anyone else have the same experience? Or is this just my imagination? Could it be just that I fool my self into thinking that it will help, and that the effect it really has is only the placebo effect?

[bholdr]

yeah, just don't do it ten times a night. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

i go have a smoke, call my girl over(that REALLY works), play a 5$ hu match or other really easy game(to boost my confidance that i AM, indeed, a skilled player), do a set of pushups/situps/lunges, or anything else that gets my mind off of the game that tilted me.

exercise (of any kind [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]) seems to work best, and when i come back, i am definitly less tilted.



oh one more thing that helps: coming to these forums and makng a couple of posts really seems to get my head back into the game.

back to NL now. GL

[mosquito]

Suggest a non-alchoholic cool off. Otherwise, it
is the right attitude.

I am gaining the maturity to just sit out a couple
hands (always folding anyway) and gain it back in
that span.

Just reminding myself how poorly they played to beat
me usually does it. (get back on track)