Tilt: When Variance Strikes Back

The second article of our "Got Tilt?" series by Robert Langer deals with downswings, bad beats, and variance. Having a strong psychological game is often more important than technical skill when you are faced with the ugly side of variance.

Read the article: Tilt: Bad Beats and Variance

"If nothing is working anymore in the game and you have no other means of keeping the situation under control, then you need a stop-and-go-trigger, an emergency switch. What you need is a sudden interruption. The point is to interrupt the processes that were described above. A break from the game can fulfill this purpose, but what's much better is starting a completely different activity that stimulates you strongly enough to focus your attention on something else."

This Silver
article begins where the introduction left off. The second part of the "Got Tilt?" series, written by psychological
consultant Robert Langer, deals with bad beats and the importance of keeping a clear mind during downswing periods. It stresses the importance of identifying when you are on tilt, so that you can take action by getting up and leaving the tables.

Being convinced that you can somehow turn things around despite being on absolute tilt is a huge leak.

Read more here: Tilt: Bad Beats and Variance

Over the course of the the following week, you can look forward to the
rest of the series which consists of the following articles:

• Tilt: Scared Money
• Tilt: Excessive Play
• Tilt: Little Fish and Card Sharks

For Feedback on the article and the rest of the series go the the forum thread:
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