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Message: [QUOTE="Dorkus Malorkus, post: 731043, member: 6020"] Cause and effect. You know when you're tilting. This is the first step, this is good. Why are you tilting? Because you lost money. There's not even anything about bad beats or cold decks in your OP (before you moved up, anyway), so it's quite likely the cause of your tilt is simply a monetary thing. Why is losing money causing you to tilt? It might sound like the stupidest question ever, but plenty of poker players manage to play through losses without jumping up a few limits to chase them. You're tilting because, quite simply, the money really [I]means[/I] something to you. It's blatantly obvious from the tone of your post that it does. Why are you playing $25NL with 10 buyins? Why are you so eager to move up to $50NL? Why all the info in the OP about "I bought in with $x and was fluctuating between $y and $z"? Why does trying to build a bankroll from $0 not appeal to you? (I'm not suggesting that this is a great idea, I'm just asking, somewhat rhetorically because I'm going to answer in a sec, [I]why[/I] the idea doesn't appeal to you). The answer to all the above is simply because you are overly motivated by money. Now there's nothing immediately wrong with that, but poker, certainly at $25NL, should be more about getting a grounding in the game and having fun than making money. Are you really having fun playing poker? Would you be having fun playing poker if you were breaking even over 20k hands? Would you be having fun playing 20k hands of $25NL? To be truly successful and tilt-free, you need to distance yourself from your poker bankroll. Think of it as a separate entity to your 'money', after all you yourself stated that you aren't playing with anything you can afford to lose. Your $200 that you deposited is $200 in poker chips, not $200 in green papery things. Perhaps I'm reading too much into a solitary post on an internet poker forum, but I don't think I'm far off the mark. If you honestly think I'm way off the mark, [URL="https://www.cardschat.com/f49/combating-tilt-oh-noes-another-long-dorkus-post-71107/"]here[/URL] is a more general overview of what causes tilt and what we can do about it. Also, as Seany said, ZATAAP is a great read. [/QUOTE]

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