How do you handle tilt in online poker?

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I get really tilted when I play a tournament perfectly only to burst on the bubble or worse still, be a favorite to win the tournament and then lose everything in a few hands because of a single bad call or bad beat.

I'd like tips on how to handle tilts because when I'm tilted, I play like a maniac and drain my bankroll on other tables. Only after losing it all do I get that sorta 'post-nut-clarity'
 
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I handle tilt by taking a break, staying calm, and avoiding impulsive decisions.
If I feel frustrated, I try to stop playing and come back later with a clear mind.
 
I fold everything except premium hands for a short while until I regain my emotional control.
 
This is from my perspective.
My method to greatly reduce the Tilt is this: I don't look at the cards after all-in decision. Only thing that matters, is my decision to play those cards, that way in that moment. Not what happens afterwards. Everything else that happens on the table is just poker.
I realized that there is no 100% winning hand. Every hand can lose. That happens in poker all the time. It's just the nature of the game itself.
Good luck in your games
 
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You need to try to find out, why you act in this irrational way. Sounds to me like its an anger management issue, which probably also spill over into other areas of you life. For poker specifically you can try to mitigate it by multitabling and using bankroll management. If you are playing 4 tournaments at a time, perhaps it bother you a bit less, when you bust in one of them. And if you only buy in for 1% of your bankroll at a time, you cant dust it all away in a tilted session.
 
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After a tilted session you can take a break for some days from poker.
This advice helped me a lot during the years
 
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I only get frustrated if I'm eliminated because of my own mistake, other than that I accept it, because it's part of the game.
 
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MarsReborn said:
I get really tilted when I play a tournament perfectly only to burst on the bubble or worse still, be a favorite to win the tournament and then lose everything in a few hands because of a single bad call or bad beat.

I'd like tips on how to handle tilts because when I'm tilted, I play like a maniac and drain my bankroll on other tables. Only after losing it all do I get that sorta 'post-nut-clarity'
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I think the biggest mistake is trying to recover your losses while you're tilted. Once emotions take over, it's easy to make even worse decisions. I'd recommend taking a break immediately after a frustrating loss, avoiding other tables, and setting a strict bankroll limit. Sometimes walking away is the best decision you can make. 🃏
 
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Luckily, I don’t usually go on tilt; but if I do feel like I’m not playing my 'A-game,' I’ll step away from the table if I can—or, if I’m in a tournament, I simply try to focus harder.
 
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If I get tilted, it would probably be because of a really bad play from my opponents. But if I actually get seriously tilted, which almost never happens now, I try to think twice before doing anything. When we're tilted, we don't really want to think and can end up playing terribly, so taking some extra time to think things through can help you realize whether it's actually a good or bad decision.
 
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I take a deep breath, slow down, and remind myself that poker is a long-term game. If tilt takes over, I take a short break rather than make emotional decisions. Discipline is more important than chasing losses
 
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If the ITM is so important to you, then secure the ITM first and apply pressure afterward. I don’t think that’s the best strategy.
 
Just stop playing for a while, however I've just become desensitised to tilting. As long as I'm making the right decisions then the outcome is irrelevant. This you will only achieve through time and practice. Every time you tilt, stop and remind yourself that the outcome that made you angry is irrelevant. Go through the hands that made you tilt, did you make the right decisions? If you did then you should be happy with yourself as that's all that matters. If you didn't then you should go through what was the right decision and why. Then don't make the same mistake again.
 
Set Responsible Gaming limits.
Set daily loss limits.
And, most importantly, take a break for a few days and analyze the hands where you "went cold" (or lost)—you will surely identify what you did wrong, or how you should have played pre-flop, post-flop, or in later stages of the hand.
 
MarsReborn said:
I get really tilted when I play a tournament perfectly only to burst on the bubble or worse still, be a favorite to win the tournament and then lose everything in a few hands because of a single bad call or bad beat.
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The proper strategy is NEVER really just aiming for an ITM finish. I mean look at how little a just ITM finish pays above the buy-in........then consider a winning long term good players only finish ITM 17-25% of the time. Players really should be aiming to finish at least in the position that pays 3-5x what they paid for a buy-in. So in the end it really shouldn't bother that much as you were further away from being a long time winning player then just on the bubble.

EDIT: In the last $10.50 buy-in MTT I played an ITM finish paid only $11 change and it took 4-5+ hours it get too ITM. Profiting $1 and change is a terrible investment for ones 5+ hours of playing. Gotta aim for the position that at least pays $40 in my opinion. Even $40 for 5 hours of work is a pretty dam terrible return on investment.
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I'd like tips on how to handle tilts because when I'm tilted, I play like a maniac and drain my bankroll on other tables. Only after losing it all do I get that sorta 'post-nut-clarity'
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If you tilt badly it's likely best to stop playing for a bit and do some studying on poker to improve you game. I would also recommend the following book(link below) of which their is a 2nd edition as well https://www.indigo.ca/products/the-mental-game-of-poker?variant=46166186983601

Cheers!!!
 
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