Poker Life: Playing On Tilt

This is one of the most amazing aspects of poker and life at thesame time. There are many ways to tilt. We all must know how to,or at least we have all witnessed the devastating effect of tiltin its true meaning. It can be a wonderful thing to see, when aplayer throws money at everyone. But I'm sure most of us don'tgo over the limit that much.

Usually, poker players think they can't be influenced by thetilt. And it is true, some really aren't. But most are, at leastat some points; in some situations they can become vulnerableand this is only human.

The most dangerous form of tilting is the semi-hidden tilt. Itis partially hidden because it is not a genuine tilt, it justtends to be one. It is a subtle manner to it, one thatprogresses slowly, one step at a time. This is the way someonecan place you under the influence of tilt for hours and youcan't even realize what is happening. You will realize it atsome point far away from the beginning of the procedure, and wewill try to take measures. But unfortunately you lost a lot ofmoney before you realized that you are gradually advancing totilt.

So, analyze your game and see if you have been ever tilted or ifyou usually tend to be. And if the answer is yes here's what youcan do: you can count it as just another bad part of your gameand try to eradicate it. A definition for tilt would besomething that would sound like this: poor reasoning whenplaying hands as the effect of a bad poker night. This is theclassic tilt. But the semi-hidden tilt is different. This onecan appear because of simple boredom or because you have allowedyour self to lower your poker standards and match youropponents' ones. The thing you should do in this case is toalways play your best and never be influenced by the tiltprocess.

So, from now on you will have to monitor you game and make sureyou are taking the best decisions. The best thing you can do isto imagine yourself in a very important game. Imagine thateveryone else besides you opponents can see your cards andtherefore everyone can judge you. For example imagine your gameis transmitted life on some TV channels. And if you makemistaken, everyone will know and they will al tell you everytime they meet you, they will criticize your game or even laughat it. So this way you have to play in a manner that would makeexperts value your game.

Being ashamed is the thing we all fear. So just try to play andfeel proud of the way you are playing. This is one way to avoidtilting.