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[QUOTE="Katie Dozier, post: 5843081, member: 68869"]
The way to not tilt is to remember that we’re responsible for how we respond to every situation—even the ones that feel unfair. When we take a bad beat, we can either let that consume us or choose to zoom out and think about how advantageous it is for us in the long term. Responding poorly to a bad beat can often be radically worse than the bad beat itself, so we must hold ourselves the most accountable for our actions at the times where doing so is the hardest!

Actually you can even zoom further out than poker sometimes if you need to refocus; you may be at an entirely different place in your life were it not for having busted tournaments when you did. I love my life, so while the worst bad beats I’ve taken in my career truthfully do cross my mind from time to time, I realize that my life has been made by the bad beats as much as the good [emoji4]

As for general strategy for playing against maniacs, I try to look to play for pot control in post flop spots, but pre-flop we generally need to widen our range for calling all-ins because they will be on radically wider ranges than standard. This increases our variance because we’re on thinner edges getting it in more frequently, which can be unnerving at times. Also, we should keep in mind that we’ll have radically less fold equity against this type of player, so we shouldn’t really be trying to bluff them—rather to value bet them relentlessly!

Hope this helps and good luck!
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