I'm a donk, officially.

My ability to fuck things up amazes me sometimes. I will play reasonably well for a while, then I'll hit a cold run, my cb's will get repopped continuously and then I start to play like a retard. I was playing some NL50 yesterday and the same thing happens, I end up donking $14 on the river knowing damn well that I'm beat, yet I still call just to see (WTF?). Then I get pissed off cos he (funnily enough) did have me beat and proceed to piss away the rest of my stack like only Matusow (or maybe Jamie Gold) could, pushing on a bluff which raised villain $11 into a $50+ pot. I would post it but thankfully I can't find the HH. Feel free to flame me gder style

I thought I had my tilt under control the last few months but moving up to NL50 has just brought it back, I dunno maybe I'm thinking too much about the money and not about my game. I'm still rolled for NL50 but moving back down to NL25 until July-ish (regardless of bankroll). I've got the hang of 2-tabling now so I'll do that until I can bring it up to 3-4. If I get to July without being an idiot I will move up.

If anyone sees me at UB NL50 (same screen-name) you have my permission to do whatever you feel necessary

I'm not playing that much at the moment (<10 hours per week) and maybe that makes me try and force things too much or whatever. I reckon I can win at NL50 (hell if I play properly I'm quite happy at NL100) but this tilting will cost me bigtime so I'm gonna stick to relaxing at NL25, get 20k PT hands and post some stats before I move.

Rant over, anyone who has read this please berate me with insults as to how much of a donk I am, it's the only way I'll learn.

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I swear I only pressed it once!

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At least you've recognised it and took the relevant action (i.e moving back down).

Personally, I do struggle with tilt a little bit (I suffer passive call down tilt, not super aggro monkey tilt). I think I've mastered not tilting when I lose to a suckout - I know I'm still winning in the long term, but I still get angry when I personally make mistakes. I'm not good at putting my mistake behind me and moving on. This leads to tilt, more mistakes -> vicious circle.

I try and stop playing when I'm playing sub-optimally, but it's usually one hand too late -
I've tried taking my time over decisions and that has helped, but I often find the one decision i take the least time over is the biggest.

The biggest factor for me avoiding tilt is ensuring I'm in the right frame of mind before starting a session. I read a poker article, review some hands from a previous session, watch a CR vid and basically ask myself if I actually want to play and I'm motivated. It's too easy to get into the habit of just firing up a poker client because you're on the computer - I almost always lose when I "just play a few hands".

LIAR!!!

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