| To state the obvious, tilt happens to
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| | playing with your instincts and worrying
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| everyone in Texas Hold Em poker,
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| | about what might happen right now, with
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| regardless of who you are. Indeed, "tilt"
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| | this hand.
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| is one of the scariest terms - and
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| | You have to convince yourself that
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| experiences - when playing poker.
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| | winning and loosing are one in the same
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| So, what can cause tilt? It's not the
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| | in poker, at least in the mean time,
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| same for everybody. It could be your
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| | until you can accomplish this. This might
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| constant bad luck when other players are
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| | be counter-intuitive at first because the
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| hitting miraculous two and three-outers
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| | objective of the game is always to win.
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| on the river, or it can simply be a bad
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| | You have to accept every losing hand as
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| run of cards. It can be simply playing
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| | it is a part of game.
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| poorly for a long time, for others.
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| | Consider your approach to a coin toss.
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| Regardless of the reason, when the
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| | When you are on a winning streak facing a
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| majority of players go on tilt, they no
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| | coin flip, you are going to be more
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| longer play sensibly and they tend to
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| | cautious because you don't want to take a
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| lose. They then start playing the wrong
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| | chance on losing what you have previously
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| cards in the wrong situations, or playing
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| | won or possibly more. On the contrary, if
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| them at the wrong times, and lose a lot
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| | you are in the same situation of losing,
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| of chips. This starts a vicious
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| | you may be willing to take a risk to get
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| self-destructive cycle for some players
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| | your money back by going for the coin
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| where their self confidence is destroyed,
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| | flip. In either situation, I think both
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| and their money is lost.
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| | cases can hurt your game because in each
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| The most important thing to know is what
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| | instance, you are more concerned about
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| tilt is, but you might also wonder what
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| | the short-term outlook than about playing
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| causes tilt. Personally, I have read it's
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| | a good, solid poker game over the long
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| a chemical reaction in the brain which
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| | term, which really is what a winning
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| puts us back to primal days of fight or
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| | player is all about.
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| flight. Except now we are being hunted by
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| | When you can develop this indifference to
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| other players, instead of wild animals,
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| | winning and loosing, it will help you
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| who seek to kill us down with another bad
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| | focus on how you play, and you will find
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| beat.
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| | yourself worrying less about going on a
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| This primal emotion has an overwhelming
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| | tilt. All that counts at the end of the
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| impact as it causes your entire chemistry
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| | day is how you played, anyway. Being
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| to change and sends you into another
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| | poker players, all we can do is play the
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| frame of mind, causing you to change the
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| | best game we possibly can and let the
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| way you play your game. You have to be
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| | cards fall as the may. No matter what
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| able to remove yourself from this emotion
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| | kind of variance you face over the short
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| in order to stop that change from taking
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| | term, your long-term results will simply
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| place and sending you on a tilt. You have
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| | be better when you adopt this attitude.
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| to focus on keeping your cool and using
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| | Thank You.
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| your head while playing poker, instead of
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