I don't really think everyone goes on tilt easily. I get angry pretty easily actually, and I really don't appreciate someone getting lucky against a far superior hand. But I don't let it affect my play. I guess I feel a lot like Phil Hellmuth, I'm not a calm player when I lose most of the time, I'm likely to tell you I think you're a moron for calling my all-in with Q-K offsuit when I had 3/4 of your chips and I've played tight the entire game. But it depends on my mood. And if you river me I'm not going to say nice hand, I'm going to not say anything or make a caustic remark like, "Wow great call there." But I won't change my game because donks are playing stupid and beating me up with their crap that has the same odds to win as Britney Spears has odds to make a comeback.

That being said I'm rather a large defender of the odds, if I river someone I always apologize and if my hand is inferior and wins I make a point to say either I'm sorry, that was lame, or that I apologize that was a terrible call on my part and I didn't deserve to win. I don't get happy that I sucked out on someone, it makes me angry I was losing the hand and called anyway. Poker is a game of skill in the long run and luck in the short run and the luck in the short run drives me crazy. That's probably because seriously like 80% of the time my hand is winning when I make a move and that means I have a ton of terrible beats because idiots don't know how to lay down their garbage and hit on me. But those same idiots, let's not forget, pad my bankroll and your bankroll in the long run, so to be thrown on tilt by their lousy play is not acceptable for a superior player.

Originally Posted by JonathanLB

I don't really think everyone goes on tilt easily. I get angry pretty easily actually, and I really don't appreciate someone getting lucky against a far superior hand. But I don't let it affect my play. I guess I feel a lot like Phil Hellmuth, I'm not a calm player when I lose most of the time, I'm likely to tell you I think you're a moron for calling my all-in with Q-K offsuit when I had 3/4 of your chips and I've played tight the entire game. But it depends on my mood. And if you river me I'm not going to say nice hand, I'm going to not say anything or make a caustic remark like, "Wow great call there." But I won't change my game because donks are playing stupid and beating me up with their crap that has the same odds to win as Britney Spears has odds to make a comeback.

That being said I'm rather a large defender of the odds, if I river someone I always apologize and if my hand is inferior and wins I make a point to say either I'm sorry, that was lame, or that I apologize that was a terrible call on my part and I didn't deserve to win. I don't get happy that I sucked out on someone, it makes me angry I was losing the hand and called anyway. Poker is a game of skill in the long run and luck in the short run and the luck in the short run drives me crazy. That's probably because seriously like 80% of the time my hand is winning when I make a move and that means I have a ton of terrible beats because idiots don't know how to lay down their garbage and hit on me. But those same idiots, let's not forget, pad my bankroll and your bankroll in the long run, so to be thrown on tilt by their lousy play is not acceptable for a superior player.

Well said......

Jerry in Minnesota.