By Tommy Angelo
My mother always told me: "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well. "It is a profound and virtuous philosophy I've always respected.
For example, if I eat popcorn and I think it's worth it to eat it, I do it well. The fingertips of one of my hands, I can catch a surprising amount of popcorn and put it in my mouth completely, without escape one piece in black. Another activity that I give the best of myself is sleeping hands. I can sleep poker hands a high speed and remarkable precision, so that the cards go up in smoke. Moreover, when the time comes tilter, well, I hate to brag, but I think I must be the best of all time tilteur. Yes, I know this is an unverifiable claim. The mere fact that I dominate everyone my pool and I am the undisputed champion of tilt does not mean that there is no tilteur I have not met, who is better than me. All I can say is bring it to me! I can play against anyone, anywhere, anytime, in a tilt-off televised across the world if necessary, to prove that I am the best in the world.
Because I'm a generous man, I'll share with you some of my knowledge of the tilt and yes, some of my secrets. Start off right with a well-known issue that has aroused so much classic arguments: the tilt is it a science or an art?
My answer is yes. I think the easy tilt is a science, while the tilt is a difficult art. It is simply a matter of manipulating a few variables that motivate tilt, like playing twenty hours online after barely slept. Anyone can start his best tilt in a situation like that. Even a scientist. By cons, can you be inexplicably angry against all and you hate yourself and your money when you win all your opponents hands and having fun anyway? This is something that only an artist can do.
Okay, enough of pretentious intellectualism. I'll stoop to your level plebeian. (This sentence you tilted, is not it, then there is hope for you.)
People often ask me, "Tommy, sometimes I play poker and I feel great, even after losing some big pots. It does not even bother me. I know I'm missing some good opportunities crazy tilts justified. I can not. I stand there and I continue to sleep hands to revive and everything else. Can you help me? "
Oh yes, I can without a doubt, and in many ways!
Try this. Reverse the order of cause and effect. One effect of the tilt is that hurts you play. So, do very bad games, by express. Call when you should fold. Lie down when you should call. The play should hurt you shake, which in itself should encourage the tilt.
Here's another way to complete your tilter when his opponent unlikely draw. Start with another of the main effects of tilt, that is to say, the fact that it makes you unhappy. What you do? You expect when you are naturally unhappy as inflamed after an argument with your best friend, then go play poker! I guarantee you that your bad mood will increase your chances of tilter and the tilt, combined with your bad mood, promote tilt more. Try it, it's a safe bet.
Until now, I taught you how this tilter 101. As I am about to unveil a concept of tilt that only the great masters of tilt really understand.
When it comes time to cure your lack of tilt, you should be aware that there is the band-aids and there are remedies. So far I have presented as band-aids. Excellent and effective band-aids that you can use to make sure you do not take breaks and your body is sleep deprived and malnourished.
As for remedies, you should be aware that the lack of tilt occurs when you are in full control of your means. So to become a master in the art of tilt, you must let your mind control you. You must surrender to your mind and let you be on top. Let your mind fill you with anxiety and regret, anxiety and fear. You see, the problem when you sit and you play poker with satisfaction is that you live in the moment. If only you could free your mind from the shackles of reality. If only you could escape this trap. Then you would be free. Then your mind will be free, free to drift into the past and dwell on your misfortunes, your bad games and your bad times; Free gallop towards the future, to the country of concern. So at this point, and only at this point that your mind would be grabbed an imaginary anger to allow you to do this thing that is not easy to do, tilter.
It is extremely difficult to tear deliberately happiness while he is there. Learn to do is a long and difficult process. That is why if you seriously want to cure your lack of tilt, you must practice you outside the poker table.
You've probably never thought that waiting is an opportunity to practice your poker. Well, this is one. This is one of the best. Think about it. Poker Does this mean a lot of waiting? When it comes time to work on your tilt while you wait, you wait for what does not matter. You might be waiting in line, waiting for a plane or waiting for someone who is late. The only requirement is that you have free time you can not accelerate.
Imagine that you are terribly in a hurry, you wait in line at the grocery store and the control of the elderly lady in front of you all is finally registered, and, just when you thought she was about to leave, it tells the cashier: "My beautiful, look at my ice cream. It is already melting and it will really hot in my car. Could you, please, run to the freezer for me to exchange it against a cooler? Thank you! "Then it gives ice cream to the cashier and it goes to the freezer.
Here is your key moment. Even if you know it would be totally illogical and absurd to frustrate you right now because you have no control over the situation, it is imperative to do to cure your lack of tilt. For the love of poker, you must find the strength to get angry against the woman, against the cashier and against the world, if necessary. You do not need to stay calm. I know, it is not obvious. I never said it would be easy. But I trust that you will be able to do so. I think anyone can do it.
A century later, the cashier returned with a pot of ice cream hard like stone, and even if the total amount of purchases was displayed in his face all the time, the woman takes out his checkbook and begins to make a check. Be strong! This is not the time to be compassionate. This is not the time to remind you and your lovely late grandmother! Be viciously angry! Be desperately angry! Now is the time to dive into the depths of the dark side of your soul and feel a deep bitterness toward the unknown that you will never see again.
Another good way to practice your tilt is angry against your opponents you for things you do yourself. Well, here's good news. You do not have to wait for your next poker game for it. You can enjoy yourself while driving your car. You can literally drive you to tilter! For example, imagine that you are in a crowded parking lot, looking for a place to park your car. You see someone get into his car, then you stop and you wait to take his place. While you wait, a line of cars formed behind you, you can not bypass. After your shopping, you get into your car, you go back and you run to the exit. The problem? You do not move. Why you do not move is that the guy who is before you is waiting the slower people out of his parking space for him to take! Wait ... what T-de-ass! Wait ... how selfish and rude t-de-ass! Wait ... Wait ... aaarrrggGGHHH!
Bravo. That is good. Played well. Once you develop the habit to hone your skills in infuriating you tilt against strangers who do things you do too, it becomes possible to maintain an almost constant level of frustration when being behind the wheel, dotted with crises rage. This combination is the perfect form of tilt. That is why lead is an excellent opportunity to practice tilt.
Okay. I did my best. I taught you everything you need to become a first class tilteur like me. You better follow my advice. I do not want to hear any story about a quiet and focused player who accumulates a well stocked bankroll. It really tilterait me. And then you would be responsible for what I say to the old lady from the grocery store.
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