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