Tilt

The post for today is about tilt. One thing about it if you play poker and say you never tilt...you are a bold faced liar. There are varying degrees of tilt and various ways of going on tilt. Some people throw tantrums (or beer bottles). Some people get depressed. Some people commit bankroll suicide (because I deserve to get all that money back right away that some codsatchel sucker just sucked out from me hitting their 2 outer on the river). Some people delete their blog (which had a wealth of archive strategy info that was useful to some of us low level hackers). Some people criticize everything others do like they are the only one in this world who knows how to play poker. The fact of the matter is, tilt kills. I cannot thing of one positive benefit from tilt. A recurring theme from many successful bloggers is that their goal is to make the best possible decision as often as possible. After that, it is out of your hands. If someone runs you down chasing an unfathomable draw when you pot bet the whole way mid and late stage in a tourney or check raise an already monster size pot on the turn playing nl cash game...God bless them in their foolishness. This is what we want. Tilt should come more from when you check raise as a bluff...get shoved on...then call with a naked draw once you have been picked off because the pot has become so big. Tilt can reasonably ensue there because you knew better and did it anyway. Always have outs. So just remember, next time me or some other donkey chases you down...Beats happen. All for now.
JD