Best way to handle tilt

[allinking17]

In my opinion i have honestly found that the best way to handle tilt is to just STOP PLAYING. I know it sounds very difficult especially if there is lost money you want to win back but in the long run you will thank me for this advice. Trust me i have lost a lot of cash to tilt and have found that this is the only salvation for me

[$o$o$ucce$$ful]

In my opinion i have honestly found that the best way to handle tilt is to just STOP PLAYING. I know it sounds very difficult especially if there is lost money you want to win back but in the long run you will thank me for this advice. Trust me i have lost a lot of cash to tilt and have found that this is the only salvation for me

I agree and disagree....I say that if you take one bad beat dont stop playing. Sure your gonna feel it and its gonna sting but think if you stopped everytime you had a bad beat? You would be stopping after almost every tournament. Now if you run bad for lets say a week or even two. Then stop, regroup, take a couple days off to just relax and just gather your thoughts before going back to the table. Tilt is gonna happen regardless. Even the most calm players experience it...its all about perserverance.

[twenty47]

i try to play multiple tables at once where i can't watch just one table so much and that helps me NOT know that I should be on tilt.....lol, i dunno if that makes sense to you but it works for me......

[ffcowboy76]

I'm gonna disagree with $o$o$ucce$$ful. Just because you take a bad beat doesn't mean you need to stop. If you find yourself calling with second best hands alot, you need to take a break and evaluate what you are doing wrong. Tilt is a mind set that is related to emotions. Taking a bad beat can allow you to fall into tilt by trying to make the money back. If you find yourself second best in alot of hands, you probably need a break. For me, I have the best working schedule to play online poker. I get 3 days off from poker out of every 9 days. Those days allow me to recharge my mental batteries and figure out if I'm making any mistakes.

[Arsenal28]

I agree with ffcowboy. Walking away when it first happens isn't always needed. If you still feel that you are playing well and making the right moves then you should be fine. With me I find that I start playing way too loose and get involved with hands that I have no business being in in the first place. That is what happened on Cake for me last night. I did get rivered and lost my last $5 but looking back I shouldn't even have been in the hand to begin with. Callinig raises with marginal hands seems to be my problem when I'm on tilt. Then I just get too aggressive when I hit any of the flop and try to win all my money back in one hand. Basically I ignore everything that had helped me build my stack up properly and start relying more on luck that skill.

[$o$o$ucce$$ful]

I'm gonna disagree with $o$o$ucce$$ful. Just because you take a bad beat doesn't mean you need to stop. If you find yourself calling with second best hands alot, you need to take a break and evaluate what you are doing wrong. Tilt is a mind set that is related to emotions. Taking a bad beat can allow you to fall into tilt by trying to make the money back. If you find yourself second best in alot of hands, you probably need a break. For me, I have the best working schedule to play online poker. I get 3 days off from poker out of every 9 days. Those days allow me to recharge my mental batteries and figure out if I'm making any mistakes.

I actually disagreed with stopping if you take a bad beat