August 25, 2010
Tilt Control
Very very happy with the session I played today.Â
Like everyone else, I´ve always struggled with tilting issues but I´ve been working on that a lot lately (just eating videos like Tommy Angelo´s "The Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment" and stuff like this) and foccusing on tilt control before I start a session and during the session itself.
So, I had two very "tilt-inducing" hands on the first half of the session:
Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 887616
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
Hero (MP): $26.64
CO: $58.43
BTN: $25.00
SB: $25.00
BB: $25.70
UTG: $10.68
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is MP with T
T
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.75, 3 folds
Flop: ($1.85) T
6
3
(2 players)
Hero bets $1.10, CO calls $1.10
Turn: ($4.05) 7
(2 players)
Hero bets $3, CO raises to $9.50, Hero calls $6.50
River: ($23.05) K
(2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $22, Hero calls $15.29 all in
Final Pot: $53.63
Hero shows T
T
(three of a kind, Tens)
CO shows 9
8
(a straight, Six to Ten)
CO wins $51.63
(Rake: $2.00)
And this:
Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 887617
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
MP: $16.90
CO: $23.17
BTN: $73.22
SB: $25.10
BB: $32.48
Hero (UTG): $25.70
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is UTG with 3
3
Hero raises to $0.75, 2 folds, BTN calls $0.75, 2 folds
Flop: ($1.85) 3
4
A
(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.25, Hero raises to $3.80, BTN raises to $7.50, Hero raises to $24.95 all in, BTN calls $17.45
Turn: ($51.75) 2
(2 players - 1 is all in)
River: ($51.75) Q
(2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $51.75
BTN shows 4
4
(three of a kind, Fours)
Hero shows 3
3
(three of a kind, Threes)
BTN wins $49.75
(Rake: $2.00)
Despite that, I managed to stay in my A-game and actually played a very good session after that, getting back a good part of what I lost and keeping a stable redline throughout the whole session (which, for me, is a thermometer of how good/bad I´m playing, b/c when I get out of my A-game my redline just plummets). Not that getting back what I lost makes any difference, but at least I didn´t spew money tilted after those two hands.

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1 Comments:
rincker posted on August 26, 2010 at 01:22 AM
set over set is brutal. stay positive. I just shrug off set over set especially in rush poker. The playing style of most players now a days is very conducive to cooler. Also, TA is amazing. dude just calms me down. I listem to him in the car sometimes.
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