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 Double, double, "tilt" and trouble, hudson, 17. Jun 2003 01:17 | ||
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| I can barely even smoke a cigarette right now; my tongue is dappled with tiny holes because I just spent the past three hours puncturing it with my front teeth everytime the smug maniac in seat nine dumped his river sewage on me. My rockets ran out of fuel against his 5's and 9's, my cowboys fell off their horse against his 4-7 straight, my sluts contracted hep-c against his dirty little flush (four on the board and a duece up his a**), and Big Slick slipped and fell on his treys. Going on tilt might qualify for the understatement of the century--I turned into a f**king Ken Kesey character and started playing cards that I wouldn't even wedge into the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Christ, I need a gagger of whiskey and a Fleetwood Mac-sized line...oh, I forgot...I quit doing all that fun crap. Any tips/tricks on how to cool down the bubbling tilt cauldron before it boils over and burns you? Is there any point playing a low-limit table when chips are crumbs? | ||
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| Re: Double, double, "tilt" and trouble, 4 POKER, 17. Jun 2003 03:15 | ||
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| Hey Hudson, Sounds like you had a pretty tough night. Hang in there though. These things do happen. As long as you can keep your composure and quit the game when you feel like you're just going to tilt completely, because if you do keep playing, the only thing that's going to happen is...you're going to start to play just like all the other maniacs and that will only make things a thousand times worse for you. Quit the game, smoke your cigarette, Don't trip over Big Slick, leave the Fleetwood Mac crap behind you and realize that tilting in a poker game is just a minor adversity to overcome when it's compared to the bigger and more important ones that you've accomplished already. This one should be a mere bag of shells. Don't sweat it, just try to avoid it. And yes... there is a point to playing in a low limit game because even though to many, the chips may only be crumbs; when you can gather them all up for yourself, you may notice that you have a whole loaf of bread ($$$). Sounds good to me!! Like anything else in life, it's just...one day at a time. Hang in there buddy and just try to laugh it off because eventually...all these maniacs will go broke anyway and hopefully you can be on the other end of it, reaping in the rewards. Dave. (4 POKER) | ||
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| Re: Double, double, "tilt" and trouble, Don Quixote, 17. Jun 2003 12:38 | ||
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| hey 4 POKER, look at the happy side of it, either they lose all of their money or they really learn how to play and take all of his money. Hudson can then look back and say, "damn, I didn't realize how good I had it." Seriously though, Hudson, try Paradise again. I had been doing great til Sexton started blabbing off on the WPT about Party Poker :-). I ran into the same thing and had trouble coping with it. I went back to Paradise to give it one more try because I had never been able to beat Paradise (micro limits yet), my skills had improved to the point that I was able to win regularly on Paradise. Still some bad beats, yes, but not to the extent that it put me on tilt. I have heard people (many authors, too) say that you need to get up and take a walk or something to shake off the beat before tilt sets in. My way is to take a walk to another poker room. Works for me. YMMV. Good luck and hope this helps. Don Quixote on 17. Jun 2003 03:15 4 POKER wrote: > Hey Hudson, > > Sounds like you had a pretty tough night. Hang in there though. These things do > happen. As long as you can keep your composure and quit the game when you feel like > you're just going to tilt completely, because if you do keep playing, the only thing > that's going to happen is...you're going to start to play just like all the other > maniacs and that will only make things a thousand times worse for you. > > Quit the game, smoke your cigarette, Don't trip over Big Slick, leave the Fleetwood > Mac crap behind you and realize that tilting in a poker game is just a minor > adversity to overcome when it's compared to the bigger and more important ones that > you've accomplished already. This one should be a mere bag of shells. Don't sweat it, > just try to avoid it. > > And yes... there is a point to playing in a low limit game because even though to > many, the chips may only be crumbs; when you can gather them all up for yourself, you > may notice that you have a whole loaf of bread ($$$). Sounds good to me!! > > Like anything else in life, it's just...one day at a time. > > Hang in there buddy and just try to laugh it off because eventually...all these > maniacs will go broke anyway and hopefully you can be on the other end of it, reaping > in the rewards. > > > > > Dave. (4 POKER) | ||
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| Re: Double, double, "tilt" and trouble, shorn, 17. Jun 2003 05:04 | ||
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| We have all been there and know how you feel. Sometimes it has helped me to go to the gym and lift weights or run for an hour to blow off some steam. Also (and this is for extreme cases), leave the table, go outside and yell/scream, curse until you start laughing about what has happened. I know that sounds weird, but you MUST release all the tension/anger BEFORE sitting back down. If you don't, all it will take is a tiny beat to get you back to that bad place. Hang in there and keep the faith. | ||
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| Re: Double, double, "tilt" and trouble, MozMan, 17. Jun 2003 08:44 | ||
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| hudson- I feel for ya, I've been there too, and I'm sur eI will get there again. Here's a couple of ideas: 1- get some kind of exercise, walk, run, something. I am a smoker too, so I prefer a walk, because I can still breathe when I'm done. 2- shut down a little while... veg in front of the TV, listen to music, take a nap, then try to talk your sle fthrough it after you'v ecalmed a little 3- Play it out in free money. I do this a lot; I go to an online room and play free money games without thinking. I play like a MAJOR fish, see every flop, and laugh like a little kid when I chase down and catch a boat on the river while playing 85o from UTG to beat a flush... I laugh even harder when I chase it down and don't catch it, cuz I know I just made the guy with the flush very happy. 4- challenge yourself to find that fishy game again next time and not let it bother you when you get sucked out on. You will have a tremendous sense of accomplishment the first time you spend 3 hours getting nailed to the wall by lucky rivers, then within the fourth hour you've taken all the money back from them; all because you didn't go on tilt -Moz "Great. I've got a trig midterm tomorrow, and I'm being chased by Guido, The Killer Pimp." | ||
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| Re: Double, double, "tilt" and trouble, hudson, 17. Jun 2003 09:11 | ||
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| Thanks for the commiseration... It's an odd and curious thing, but everything always looks better in the morning...I am going to drag myself back to the tables this afternoon, staple my damn hands to my chair, and move my chips in with my bandaged tongue to prevent me from playing anything less than 1-5 hands. Sorry about the venomous bitch...who should I make the check out to? | ||
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| Re: Double, double, "tilt" and trouble, 4 POKER, 17. Jun 2003 14:00 | ||
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| Hudson, Make the check out to ME..... I answered first!!!!! (just kidding) LOL 4P- | ||
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| Re: Double, double, "tilt" and trouble, stdioh, 17. Jun 2003 10:28 | ||
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| Stand up and walk away from the table immediately. Then go outside. Talk to yourself a little. Run laps around the parking lot until you are tired. Have a cigarette. Catch your breath. Decide if you can go back and play good cards. If you can, give it a try for an hour then go back outside and evaluate. If you can't then go pick up your cheques and leave. | ||
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