4/28/2011

Anti Tilt strategys

After playing so much poker the last years i often had like everybody else some very ugly downswings.
It is always important to handle them right because it will hit everyone of you one day.The worst enemy for a poker player is it to go on tilt.For professionals it takes mostly longer but everyone experienced that before.
i remember my good old times on Party poker long time ago,i played highlimt Sngs and like my good old mate Volcan said before,on this good old days also hes Dog had a good return of investment with playing poker.
My worst down to this times was 3k-4k or something like that but i got a really good rake back and downs like this happened on the 109$ and 55$.It never feels good when you loose money but you also should keep in mind that you are a winning player and the money you loose you won before.
I had now the last 700 games a downswing,when i look back I'm 1300-1500 games break even.This Multiplayer Sngs are new for me but it looks like this are normal swings and i will be ok sooner or later for sure.Still I'm up 1700$ this month which is still ok money for Thailand.
I will share some of my experience with you guys,maybe you can pick up something if you dont know everything already :}

.The first thing when you run bad for a while is to be honest with yourself,your doing any mistakes or you play different than before?Maybe the other players are getting better?

I was playing today more carefully,didn't played so much tables like normal and run pokertracker to see stats from the others.I was thinking maybe because of the lost of the American fishes my roi went down.
OH guys I tell you all, there still enough bad players for all of us.In every country every day a moron awakes so the lost from the Americans is not so bad.

Second thing from the most of us is,we try to win the money back!
This is the worst thinking you can have and it is already a signal for you to finish your session and take a break.Most of the time you will be on tilt already and maybe your game has changed .You play more aggressive,you push and call more!
If it goes down you cant stop it,safe your bankroll and take a break.And if you run really long bad than take a longer break and do something different.Sports or hanging out with friends is always the best thing to relax your mind and forget about poker.(you can believe me I'm in a good place to forget everything soooo quickly  hehe)

The third thing is when your sure that you not on tilt,take the help from a other player you thrust and let him watch your game,or maybe you can play together it also will help you to play calm and relaxed.If you still play correct than you can carry on.

With the time you  know poker is a lot of varianz and you will take swings more easy.I still have some days like at the moment where i need to take breaks for some hours,but if i feel I'm ready again i start a new session.

There is lot more to writhe but im not in the mood right now,im enjoying a glass of wine and a nice German Brotzeit ;}

All the best
Heiko

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