tilt too lightly, halp

So I dont wanna complain about any bad beat stories etc.

The deal is, once I play cashgame tables, everythings superstandard, get coolered, win a stack etc.

but once I lost like 1-2 stacks by suckouts, I:
1. cant make myself stop playin (cause its mostly when I just started playing)
2. start to tilt sometimes...

How can I avoid this? Stop-loss BI rule etc. wouldnt work well for me..

I thought about playing SnGs for a week or 2.. never got on tilt in those -.-

any ideas?

Work on your self-control.

The only thing that matters.

smoke weed

check yourself

wank during the start of session

run the hands in every EV calculator you have and then shower yourself in Sklansky bucks.

you're german,

there's no stopping your epic nonstop tilt

On December 02 2008 16:20 Luckb0xx wrote: So I dont wanna complain about any bad beat stories etc. The deal is, once I play cashgame tables, everythings superstandard, get coolered, win a stack etc. but once I lost like 1-2 stacks by suckouts, I: 1. cant make myself stop playin (cause its mostly when I just started playing) 2. start to tilt sometimes... How can I avoid this? Stop-loss BI rule etc. wouldnt work well for me.. I thought about playing SnGs for a week or 2.. never got on tilt in those -.- any ideas?

I do this too man. It comes from predispositions, and genuinely running bad doesn't help either.
u will go on tilt from sngs too, i guarrantee it. its just a matter of the bad swing coming. sngs can be more unreal than anything lolz(well except maybe fl)

the only way to get better about tilt is to 1.) play a ton and 2.) always ALWAYS ALWAYS be trying to not tilt. don't give in to that shit

On December 02 2008 16:25 killThemDonks wrote: smoke weed

On December 02 2008 16:28 ck20 wrote: wank during the start of session

weed but not while you play

avoid sngs...they are even more tilting

After having two -$900 days on NL50 and NL100 in the past 3 weeks which kept crushing my finally growing bankroll I decided to try a 2-3 buy in stop loss. I found out that does not work for me either (luckily when I broke it I rebounded and made 4 buy ins) so I understand your problem. Maybe some breathing exercises and cut your playing tables in half to focus more so you don't just click buttons too fast cause this is terrible terrible when on tilt.

play the sunday mulligans

think not about making money but to make right decisions

Quit Poker T_T

What help me not to tilt:

1- Try to focus on the current hand dealt, it will distract your brain from the beat you just got inflicted

2- Don't speak or curse when it happens or hit something because it's gonna increase your rage

3- Tighten up for the next 5 mn, time i need to cool down

4- If it's not working then quit for 30 mn and come back if i feel i got myself under control

5- If nothing worked, i insta-quit and do something else for the whole day

Hope it can help, but i think this aspect of poker is the toughest to deal with mentally...

play a rebuy tourney.
or try limit badugi on stars ..

punch someone you don't like much in the eye.

i usually type "lol" into the chat box after i take a gnarly beat for some reason it calms me down, might not work for anyone else

i was the same way with cash, i would want to put in a 1K hand session, or get like 2K hands in that day.. b 300 hands in and get super gayed multiple times and be so tilted i had to stop.. then i would come back in an hour and insta tilt.. made it very hard to put in alot of hands or have any good comebacks.. couple things that helped me was
1. playing with alot more buyins.. when i had 100bi it was VERY hard to get me upset, i also felt alot more comfortable exploring different options in spots and i constantly wanted to extend my winning stretches instead of just booking a winning day and quiting after my 1K hands or w/e.
2nd thing i did was switch to tournaments.. lol.. its basically expected to lose in a tourny.. everyone knows they cant win every one and its common to not cash for a whole day.. so i dont have any grand expectations and i dont feel bad about losses, and when i win i feel great cuz its noramally alot of money.. unlike cash where when i would win anything other 4 buyins it was just standard, but when i lost i got upset... u spend 2 much time being upset with ur game and not enjoying the winning side.. i still play cash, but now i use 100bi rule if i can, and i play tournys all day also, that way if cash blows i can just quit, or take a few days off no problem.

wow i wrote alot, hope this helps, gl

On December 02 2008 18:02 maryn wrote: think not about making money but to make right decisions

QFT