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[QUOTE="IntenseHeat, post: 1989969, member: 92488"]
The first step in dealing with tilt is recognizing it. I usually don't realize I went on tilt until it's over and I'm sitting back replaying the situation in my head. For instance, I was playing a .25/.50 game with a $50 max buy in. I noticed a lot of unfamiliar names that day and some ridiculously aggressive play. When I picked up K-K in the BB, my blind was raised from the cutoff. We went back and forth before getting them all-in pre. Of course my Kings lost to J-2 off. After having my Aces cracked a few hands later by some equally ridiculous hand, I left the table. But on the way out the front door, it occurred to me, that I would probably never see a table like this again, where every other hand someone was shoving their whole stack in with rags. I couldn't leave. Twenty minutes later, I was out $250. 
 
In the aftermath, I realized I should have left the table before I ever lost the first quarter, as soon as I saw how those maniacs were playing. After all, a close frined of mine is constantly saying "You can't beat stupid". It wa hours later before I realized how on tilt I had been. Not playing bad tilt. I was never behind when the chips went in. I got 'em in good every time. I just refused to believe that these guys could keep getting that lucky. The only way to console myself was to remind myself that every penny of my bankroll was built on freeroll winnings. That was about four months ago. How did I deal with it. I'm not sure I have. I haven't played in a cash game since.
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