Stop Me From Tilting

[rookette22]

Well...I tend to come in here and let off some steam. Sorry all....

Seriously....I'm going to try not to come in here when I'm tilting or pissed off at poker...but it really does help.

Online peer to peer support or any kind of support; can be very helpful in times of needs. No matter what the illness.

So...when you feel the need to go play poker...just IM someone and talk to them. No need to tell them about your poker problems, feel free to talk to them about anything. Point here is to try to take your mind away from playing Poker for the time being. Good Luck!

[Talking Poker]

This is ok, provided you have stopped playing. But if you are recommending IMing someone and not concentrating on the game you are playing in, I don't think I really like that advice so much.

I will say againm if you don't have the self control to shake it off, stop playing - at least until you are able to sit back down with a clear head.

[lightfungus]

Go play at play money tables, or like .01/.02 and blow a couple buyins maniacally. Stick it to the man!

Is anyone else as bad as I am at sucking out on people? Is that just a skill some people acquire? Because try as I might, I just don't seem to have what it takes to be one of the greats...

[Dodoubled]

This is fast becoming a Dr. Phil thread ...

[Talking Poker]

I'm bad at it too. And here's why:

In order to suck out a lot, you need to get your money in with the worst of it a lot. I don't do that very often, and I'll wager that you don't either.

[GTDawg]

I don't suck out a lot because I make sure I put my money in with the best hand.

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If you go on tilt, you either need to focus on breaking that habit or do something else. Keep yourself to playing the top-15 hands or so for a while. just sit back and take some deep breaths instead of getting back in and trying to win your money back.

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I used to have a terrible problem that I would lose my money after becoming big stack. I would double up or win a big pot early and then slowly piss it away trying to play bully. Then, I'd get upset and start throwing my money at the other players.

Consistency is the key.

[Dodoubled]

Ditto. I'm probably one of the worst big-stack players I know. I get some chips in front of me and start playing hands I wouldn't dream of playing with less chips, and I start playing Nelson to everyone else's Ralph Wiggum. I think the key to consistency is discipline, and it's just as easy to lose discipline when you have a big stack as it is to lose it when you have a small stack and/or go on tilt.

[BDMK]

lemme offer my puny 2 cents on this issue:

i decided to tackle the matter of discipline/self-control BEFORE i started playing poker.

so, about a year ago, when i decided id learn the rules of NLHE and indulge in it, i went to my local best buy and got a cheapo, but decent, poker sim software, and started plugging at it in all kinds of setups and situations.

particularly, i practiced with a short stack, after intentionally dropping a chunk of my chips early on in a simulated tourney. precisely to learn not to tilt and control myself.

after a couple of months of the above, i felt comfortable enough to slowly start playing online against other, real, ppl.