What I've been doing the last few days

Since WA is super lame-o and thinks child molestation = online poker I haven't been able to play on my trip (I may go play some live soon). As some of you may know Jared and I are working on a NL e-book, so I've spent the last few days working on that. I figured I'd give you guys a sneak peak at so of the stuff I've done so far. This is from rough draft section that deals with the mental game of poker:

Managing tilt is one of the most complex subjects in poker. Many players fail at this because they don’t even know what tilt really is. Most people think tilt is when you lose total control of yourself at the poker table and proceed to dump off a large sum of money. While this is a form of tilt it is at the extreme end of the spectrum. If this is what you think tilt is you’re probably losing money for all of the small occurrences.

What is tilt really?

Tilt is making a decision you know is not optimal because the emotional pleasure you will get temporarily out weights the monetary gain of the play. Here are a few examples that should help explain this definition:

· Making a call when you know you’re beat because you want to see that you’re right.
· Making a call when you know you’re beat because you are more attached to the strength of your hand than the money you will lose.
· Bluffing someone who has been pushing you around not because the time is right, but because you feel the need to “take a stand”
· Firing a 3rd barrel when it’s pretty obvious you’re going to be called because you really want to win this pot.
· Putting all your money in bad because “they couldn’t possibly have hit again”.
· After winning and getting a big stack you tighten up to “protect your profit”
· After winning and getting a big stack you start to play trash hands because “your hot"


When I say pleasure I’m speaking more to a fat guy eating a whole pizza because he had a stressful day at work than I am enjoying an ice cold brew at the beach