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Anyone have any remedies for tilt?... I know there isn’t a quick fix or magical pill but getting up and walking away from the table is so not me. Find tilt is holding me back from taking the next step In Poker. Really like to hear how others play thru it and what tactics u use.
 
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Tilting is very hard to deal with, if you can walk away from the table you'd better do it, since I find it rather difficult to walk away when tilting.
 
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To avoid tilt, I make a game plan.
 
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YYfourU said:
Anyone have any remedies for tilt?... I know there isn’t a quick fix or magical pill but getting up and walking away from the table is so not me. Find tilt is holding me back from taking the next step In Poker. Really like to hear how others play thru it and what tactics u use.


You could stay drunk for 24 hours to try and get over whatever.

Or - you can forgive the villain.

I will analyze the hand and try to see what happened.
 
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Yesterday I came up with a thought, why should I always win at all. Poker is not chess, the opponent almost always has his% to win. After these thoughts, harmony came.
 
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In poker, it's hard to avoid the tilt that even the best players face !!! The only thing we can do is to follow the rules of bankroll management in a disciplined manner and work on our mistakes !!!
 
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The best way is to prevent tilt. If you are a disciplined player, do not play with junk and follow the system of bankroll management, then you are safe.
 
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In general, the best way out in such situations is to stop the game and go for a walk. If you do not have enough willpower to stop, then it will be difficult for you to follow the bankroll management and achieve good results.
 
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Poker_Mike said:
You could stay drunk for 24 hours to try and get over whatever.

Or - you can forgive the villain.

I will analyze the hand and try to see what happened.



Forgive the villain!!!!! I love it, thanks, anger extinguishes with forgiveness
 
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YYfourU said:
Anyone have any remedies for tilt?... I know there isn’t a quick fix or magical pill but getting up and walking away from the table is so not me. Find tilt is holding me back from taking the next step In Poker. Really like to hear how others play thru it and what tactics u use.

The tilt is one of the hardest things a player can face in poker, it is really a difficult situation for everyone, it can be controlled on some days, especially if the mood is good and stable, but sometimes it is not possible to imagine what might happen, but the most important thing is to follow and apply the rules of the bankroll firmly And stay away from playing until we regain our focus and calm
 
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when I lose a big hand I tend to tilt too. but I'm working on it. when I lose a big hand I run the next 5 hands regardless of what I come. I start to think I can recover and go back to playing normal. it's hard but I'm trying.
 
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YYfourU said:
Anyone have any remedies for tilt?... I know there isn’t a quick fix or magical pill but getting up and walking away from the table is so not me. Find tilt is holding me back from taking the next step In Poker. Really like to hear how others play thru it and what tactics u use.

Breath control to stabilize heart rate, reduce adrenaline and therefore reduce stress.

The ideal is to be away for at least 5 minutes, mentalize a white screen and breathe.

Self-control is the key.
 
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My tactic is to simply prevent tilt. To do this, I never exceed my current spending limit of $ 5. But if you have such a problem and can't control your emotions, then in such situations you can try to play only in freerolls.
 
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Instead of focusing on the loss, focus on whether you played the hand correctly - if you did then you have nothing to get angry about. If you realize you should have played differently you will learn from it for the next time. Going on tilt accomplishes nothing.

However, I love sometimes pretending to be on tilt after a bad beat and ending up with a string of good cards. Often I come out ahead this way.
 
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Meditation before hand and breathing when I'm titlted help me a great deal. It's also important to be mindful of you own inner dialogue. One or two bad hands does not make an entire tournament.
 
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FOOD

EAT SOMETHING; REST; BREathe. its just a game]
 
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I play competitive video games after getting knocked out of a tournament. It makes you forget right away
 
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Try to learn some breath techniques and meditate.
 
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It's all Mind over Matters.
1) Your mother gave you a slap because you gave up your job to play poker.
2) Your wife gave you a slap for coming home late playing poker.
3) A drunkard gave you a slap as you walk out of the casino heading home.

Picture in your mind how you manage your anger with these 3 person slapping you.
Which of these 3 agitate you the least. Then always picture this person in your mind whenever you are on tilt.
 
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stay calm, don't get upset when you lose, even if it's with a good hand against a bad one, try to play your game and in time the results will come; and of course don't play money you can't afford to lose, I think that's why you get angry:)
 
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take a deep breath, and concentre on the cards
there is nothing you can do about it
 
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I understand you, all players go through those moments of tilt but the solution to your question is that time will give you the maturity to better those moments. So the answer is TIME
 
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why do you tilt? I think that's what you should maybe ask yourself. and did you really try to play your best poker or did you get involved in trying it with scrap. And then the question of what did you do wrong or did you really try everything to give your best. everyone has bad times, sometimes they pass quickly, sometimes they take a little longer, the only thing that is certain is that it will pass again. Accept that you can't always win. And above all try not to take greater risks to recover your loss because that usually ends catastrophically. If you can't just calm down, take a step back and play lower buy ins or even freerols. Or take a break from poker. Poker is a game that should be fun but if it becomes something compulsive then it turns into addiction and addiction is a disease that should be treated therapeutically. Tilting is a warning that the game will change a little differently. It's not fun anymore, but you keep going because you want to have your losses back and when you step into it then this beautiful game becomes something compulsive
 
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Tilt is like grief everyone has to handle it there own way. Some can just shake it of while others need to leave the game foe a while, like a day or so. What I am trying to do now is take a deep breath and tell myself the next hand is a new game. Seems to be working.
 
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you can read the book The Mental Game of Poker by Jared Tendler
there are many answers
 
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