The opposite of tilt

[MustangMarc]

Every book, every DVD, and every website giving advice about poker talks about going on tilt. Everyone talks about the dangers of playing badly after loosing a hand or making a mistake.

I sometimes have a similar but opposite problem in that I play badly after winning a big hand or making a killer read. I feel invulnerable. I feel I can do no wrong, so I play looser, over-value my cards and end up handing back those winnings.

Does anyone else have this problem?

I deal with it much the same as going on tilt. Just recognizing that it happens and conciously working to stop it and taking a small break from the action if need be have really helped.

Just tought I'd ask as tilt seems to be universal, while the opposite of tilt seems much more rare.

[blaze666]

no, if i have just doubled up in cash games, i am usually very tight, and tenacious of the money i have just won, and afraid to lose it.

[toots]

I call it "winner tilt," and yeah, I've both done it and observed it.

[bohemian]

Inflated confidence is still tilt, unless you play like that all the time. In that case, it's not tilt. You're merely a bad player. (Not saying you actually are.)

[bkholdem]

Yeah. I think it's just a matter of labeling. I call this tilt.

I consider tilt to be making any play in a way that is inferior to the way I would play it if I played to the best of my ability.

[Hellmouth]

I find that a lot of times this happens to me if I am playing short handed. As soon as the table starts to fill up I find that I have a hard time playing tighter to the full table. Usually it is because I find it easy to go up 10-20BB shorthanded and I want to keep it rolling.

I usually tend to drop back to even before it sinks in that i need to tighten up.,

Greg

[diebitter]

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I play badly after winning a big hand or making a killer read. I feel invulnerable. I feel I can do no wrong, so I play looser, over-value my cards and end up handing back those winnings.


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I think the table also tends to be a little wary of you after a big win, especially if you played it particularly well, and that feeds into the cycle for a hand or two.

I get a touch of this too, it's not so pronounced, but after a big win, I'll happily play the next hand much looser pre-flop - I usually regret it straight after putting the bet on though and then get straight back to normal.

[DDC67]

Blaze, this is the kind of discipline my rookie a** needs to learn. Doyle's philosophy is when he win's one, regardless of his hole card's, he is right back in the very next pot. This has cost me some $$ and unfortunately doesn't work for me unless I get AA dealt back to back (saw someone today get that). So I agree that tightening up is right. Still learning though.

[A_C_Slater]

The definition of tilt is making any play that you know is wrong due to emotion. This can mean frustration (running bad) or giddiness (running well.)

[aLOWdAkING]

The opposite of Tilt is "In the Zone", which I always dwell in!

I wish.