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Message: [QUOTE="VMVarga, post: 4743767, member: 354733"] I'm just coming out of a month long slump--down $55 from mostly $2 buy-in mtt at ACR, only two cashes from about 40 games, numerous bad beats and failed draws--and I noticed that it is much easier to maintain mental toughness and positive outlook at the end of a bad day at the tables if you can somehow focus on all of the great plays and reads you made throughout the day rather than the really bad beats, especially the ones that knock you out. Even if you only made one or two great plays in the face of several dozen terrible beats, it can help. I was thinking about that today as I got knocked out after turning the wheel straight and being DOA to the 6 high straight, as my opponent was holding 66. I realized that it is much harder to remember the good hands and great plays you made earlier when you run into bit of a cooler. So I thought that next time I will make notes on the hands where I felt I made great decisions and reads, that way I can go back and review them after those inevitable game ending hands that can ruin your day if you let them. I don't have a natural talent to maintain a calm and cool head when the worst luck comes my way. It is something that I have to constantly work on. This game can be cruel, and it has a way of sometimes rewarding the worst kind of play while punishing the best. To have any success you really have to stay positive and keep moving forward while focusing on the task at hand: playing to the best of your ability while making the fewest mistakes possible. To achieve this kind of mental game is a form of success in the game in and of itself. Does anyone else have any little mental tricks to help themselves avoid anger and tilt either during or after playing? [/QUOTE]

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