Anti-Tilt!

[sam1chips]

Just giving some people a suggestion or two about avoiding tilting.

What I have done recently is started keeping of my stats by week (manually, in an excel spreadsheet). Just keep track of my beginning bankroll on Monday, and then my ending bankroll on Sunday. It has helped me to kind of keep my mind in the bigger picture a little bit, especially in times when I am losing for the day, but am still up on the week.

When I started playing, my biggest problem was that I tilted a ton. I was definitely beating 5NL overall, but when I had days when I would lose 2 buy-ins in a row (which is common, and happens to good players too!), I would go crazy. I would say to myself, "I used to have $70 and now I only have $60!" So then I would go try to win it back in blackjack or something, and ultimately end up blowing my bankroll.

For me anyways, it helps to keep an eye on the bigger picture. If you're struggling with the same thing (feel like you're winning 75% of your sessions, but tilting a whole bankroll away when you're losing), I would definitely suggest something like this.

 

[sam1chips]

very cool post I'll start watching me to avoid this

Very cool. I realized I was beating 5NL overall, but always seemed to bust my account whenever I had a bad session and tried real fast to get it right back. It just helps me to keep my eye on the bigger picture (which is what variance/bankroll management is all about)

 

[anderson1313]

I actually went back to playing freerolls and mtts sitngo $ 5 to my mismanagement led me to this but I am quiet soon back in full force

 

[SANDYHOOKER KY]

I never tilt anymore, but that's not to say i don't go ballistic after getting donked 10 times in a row. Just don't tilt period. buy yourself a punching bag, put a picture of Osama on it, and punch away after the bad beat or whatever. It's not easy, but after 35 years of playing poker, i can honestly say i do not tilt at the table anymore. It will save ya lots of cash too! If you find yourself on the verge of tilting, get out of the room, site, whatever, meditate grasshopper, and you will be fine.

 

[cotta777]

theirs one very simple way to deal with tilt...

Good players dont cry because they lose with aces or they get rivered.
a good player should be happy when hes playing well, making the right moves
and outplaying the bad players.


Me personally Im more angry if i play like a donk and win, than if i play well and lose.

Its important for me to know if my reading skills are right and I'm making the right decisions,
and its not that im winning/losing tosses calling off shoves with ace high or pocket jacks, as your asking for trouble 50% of the time anyway

 

[Kibic1302]

A large dose of alcohol, general stress, financial problems, the desire to win a large amount of money "right away" and no desire to play in - you know everything together gives us a gambling bankrupt in a delicate sense of the word. But one of the reasons given above gives us the effect of a typical tilt, you need to beware of "the little"!

 

[sam1chips]

Good players dont cry because they lose with aces or they get rivered.
a good player should be happy when hes playing well, making the right moves
and outplaying the bad players.

I agree. However, that is easy to say after playing a ton of hands and learning the positives and negatives of variance. For newer players, this can be a hard concept to grasp, and I don't necessarily agree that being upset with this makes you a "bad player", maybe just a "less-experienced" player

 

[jgenest3798]

Playing within your bankroll is so important to avoiding emotional meltdowns - I find that my most drastic emotional reactions are when I "move up" to higher stakes to "test" the waters - you have to take the highs/lows knowing that the right decisions over time will make you profitable just not necessarily in this particular moment

 

[sam1chips]

For what it's worth, I just finished reviewing my stats for the week. I finished with a + for the week, even though i probably lost either 2 or 3 buyins today. This sort of system definitely helps to keep the big picture in mind, while being able to rationalize losing sessions or losing days (well, helps me out anyways).

Best of luck everybody

 

[letderbefish]

dont you guys use TiltBreaker ?

 

[vinylspiros]

Just giving some people a suggestion or two about avoiding tilting.

What I have done recently is started keeping of my stats by week (manually, in an excel spreadsheet). Just keep track of my beginning bankroll on Monday, and then my ending bankroll on Sunday. It has helped me to kind of keep my mind in the bigger picture a little bit, especially in times when I am losing for the day, but am still up on the week.

When I started playing, my biggest problem was that I tilted a ton. I was definitely beating 5NL overall, but when I had days when I would lose 2 buy-ins in a row (which is common, and happens to good players too!), I would go crazy. I would say to myself, "I used to have $70 and now I only have $60!" So then I would go try to win it back in blackjack or something, and ultimately end up blowing my bankroll.

For me anyways, it helps to keep an eye on the bigger picture. If you're struggling with the same thing (feel like you're winning 75% of your sessions, but tilting a whole bankroll away when you're losing), I would definitely suggest something like this.

You would be better off buying holdem manager 2 or pokertracker. Much easier for you to follow your progress and also be able to analyze why you are losing money and in which spots.


I'm assuming you don't have it yet since you are manually following your progress. Nothing wrong with that of course but a tracking programme would make you life a whole lot easier.

best of luck.

 

[jorzunik]

I just lost Tilit enter my bank ..

now start from scratch but it does not deposit will try me think about dls resulting in freerolls

 

[sickpuppy]

i tilt on a regular basis i dont mind in the least happens when a good player takes badbeats i have never blown a bankroll or jumped off a bridge becuzz of it its not the sky falling and very EZ for me to get over mainly becuzz i wont risk more then im ok with lossing.

 

[sam1chips]

You would be better off buying holdem manager 2 or pokertracker. Much easier for you to follow your progress and also be able to analyze why you are losing money and in which spots.

Yeah, I live an America and play almost exclusively on Bovada. I don't think you can use that with that room.

 

[DaMan1313]

Just giving some people a suggestion or two about avoiding tilting.

What I have done recently is started keeping of my stats by week (manually, in an excel spreadsheet). Just keep track of my beginning bankroll on Monday, and then my ending bankroll on Sunday. It has helped me to kind of keep my mind in the bigger picture a little bit, especially in times when I am losing for the day, but am still up on the week.

When I started playing, my biggest problem was that I tilted a ton. I was definitely beating 5NL overall, but when I had days when I would lose 2 buy-ins in a row (which is common, and happens to good players too!), I would go crazy. I would say to myself, "I used to have $70 and now I only have $60!" So then I would go try to win it back in blackjack or something, and ultimately end up blowing my bankroll.

For me anyways, it helps to keep an eye on the bigger picture. If you're struggling with the same thing (feel like you're winning 75% of your sessions, but tilting a whole bankroll away when you're losing), I would definitely suggest something like this.

Thats exactly what happens to me so will definetly keep the big picture in mind thanks

 

[ccocco]

is very difficult to control the variance ... when negative, so okay what you do to control it ...

 

[Airburn]

I checked my stats this week and now Im tilted even more!!!! errgghhh
Just kidding lol, I totaly agree with you it does help alot when you look at the big picture

 

[Akorps]

If you go on tilt, your lower brain takes over, and you start gambling instead of playing poker, so it is best to leave the table, if you can

 

[Jeschant]

If you go on tilt, your lower brain takes over, and you start gambling instead of playing poker, so it is best to leave the table, if you can

That explains a lot. It seems my lower brain is an angry sort who thinks everyone is bluffing. It also doesn't understand odds.

 

[Bowman26]

Confucius say man who plays poker with tilted mind, ends up with hollow wallet.

 

[Wildetus23]

Taking part in inside your money can be so vital that you staying away from psychological meltdowns - I have found in which my personal most radical psychological responses are after i "move up" to raised stakes to be able to "test" the marine environments - you need to take the highs/lows knowing that the correct selections after a while could make you worthwhile just not necessarily in this particular second
FF14 Gil
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[rugby0]

The concept of mindfullness and the study of same will help keep an even flow.

 

[superstar9123]

That's really good advice, I think if people focused on the big picture more the tilt wouldn't get to them as much because they'd have a solid bankroll behind them. Thanks for the tip.

 

[loomis311]

When you have tilt issues it definitely needs to get under control otherwise your profit will greatly suffer. I find people deal with it successfully in different ways. For example, I have seen people set stop losses where if they lose more than a certain amount than they will quit. If focusing on the big picture works for you to stop tilting, then keep doing it.

I have sometimes find myself going on tilt and not really noticing it. I call it subtle tilt where I call more hands preflop than I normally would and my winrate suffers. I find it very helpful to get up and walk around for a little bit every 1-2 hours. I just do not feel you can make your best decisions without taking frequent breaks.

 

[Salvete777]

If I tilt, i just log off of poker lobby, start to playing Counter Strike and listen to music.