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mushthebush
Joined: 24.02.2021

Hi

If I'm not too intrusive, I unfortunately know what you're going through and I have felt the frustration over the years. I am new here but not new to poker although I did stop playing for a few years because of the tilt I got from similar situations.

What I can recommend is have your strategy put together, stick by it, aggressively if you wish so. But before tilting when it feels like your strategy doesn't work, take your time to analyse the players at the table, if you're playing classic PL or NL. Take even more analysis time than actual play time so you can build a strategy against those specific players at that time. If you notice very unusual play from one or more players, make sure to take it into account as they could be bots and there are plenty out there but you can adjust your game accordingly. Don't get put off, as I personally can't seem to think of any platform that doesn't have bots. But we all have to beat hem at their own game played by their rules. A bit gangish but you play their game.

The aforementioned suggestions don't apply to zoom/rush/snap. For these I recommend calculated aggression, patience and fold when aggression doesn't work but have a strategy that you stick by no matter what. In heads up, stick to a good betting strategy.

I'm also not going to give you my opinion on the algorithm for "randomness" of cards, practice adopted long ago because people moaned about the fact that it was rigged, at a time when it was actually random. Fifteen years ago was easier, but this is a subject for pub melancholy. No one gives a.

Remember one rule: NO tilting, it's their game and you are playing for one reason (I hope) to beat them and take their money.

I believe you'd probably be better off reading something like The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters, as it might give you some insight into how to keep your chimp busy and let you (in this case) play rational not emotional poker.

Regards
Mr T


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Hi mushthebush,
Welcome to PokerStrategy.com! :welcome:

No, not intrusive at all.

Lots of common sense there.
It is easy to say "Don't tilt" it is pretty hard to do.

I'd like to read "The Chimp Paradox" -- sounds like it is right up my alley.

The first part of my blog is based on "The Mental Game of Poker" by Jared Tendler and Barry Carter that really helped me combat tilt.

Cheers,
VS


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TH1950
Joined: 20.11.2014

Thanks everyone for replies, I admit that I was raging sometimes and for sure I can be better and i could be profitable even with this happening. I dont want to argue on internet is online poker scam or not. For years I was that guy who get pissed when someone around me said that is scam and I would tell them everything you told me. I am just saying that its so easy for them to hide behind variance. Its ideal situation for them because if someone complains about it, there is army of poker players on forums that will say its not, that you have to work harder, that there is variance bla,bla...

Its desperate times and I think that maybe they will hel a bit to rec players just for them to stick with poker because they are lucky. Its really hard for me to understand how easily they win pots. calling with gutshots and het there to crush my aces or something. And again, after seeing something like that it looks easy to take money from these players but similar situations do not happen again. Its like they deviate from their play only that hand and pay gutshots to the end and when they get lucky they dont do it again. Its hard for me to even study poker beacuse I dont see in practice what I learn in theory. I cant 3 bet with 76s beacuese I never got playable flop. Thinking about blockers on stars? Point is I dont want to be right about this. I wish I will come one day and apologize and say I was just a bit unlucky.
I played nl10 year ago and it was a lot bad players but then shit started to happen, all forms of downswings. I am down to nl2 now.

I really liked idea about poker what do I have to become to be a succesful. I liked what that path of personal development would look like. I think I give up. I will not make any more deposits, I have 20 dollars left in account. But I decided if I failed in my dream I will do it right. No matter what I think i will not take excuses, and I will behave like my luck is just behind corner. Altough i know its finished...


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mucho69
Joined: 06.08.2007

From your post my guess is: You have ADHD and need action. Source: myself. Since I'm on Ritalin I play patiently and consistently.


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