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[QUOTE="Kehzi, post: 6078698, member: 467648"]
Very accurate.

A players mood can have a great impact on their play. If you sit down to play and you're already not feeling great or confident, how long before you start to tilt? How long before you start playing carelessly or complacently and face the brutal consequences? It's asking for a downward spiral.

As a matter of fact, I think this is one of the most daunting aspects of playing poker professionally and why I admire the discipline and patience of pro's so much. While recreational players have the luxury of only playing when we feel great; pro's likely have no choice but to grind the game full time even if their head isn't quite there that day. And they need to avoid tilt the whole time. Not easy.

Us recreational players should take advantage of this and play only when confident, alert and not on tilt. Learning to recognize when we're tilted or generally not feeling great is crucial.

As a final thought, and I suppose ironically, poker is in and of itself the best way to learn and develop the skills required to play it well (patience, discipline, rational decision making). I doubt there's a better way to train these skills than to simply play poker.
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