Tilting threads amuse me. The part of the game that tilts you is the part that keeps weak players at the tables paying off strong players. Whenever I stay focused on the big picture, that this game has a small average win rate and HUGE variance, I'm almost un-tiltable.

Think about this, would you play golf against Tiger Woods for serious money? In poker, that skill difference exists a LOT, and the weak players keep paying off, over and over.

If you're a winning player, the results will come - eventually. I have taken 4 serious shots at 25nl, and negative variance plus variance-induced tilt have sunk previous attempts (currently on my 4th). The funny part is, I'd never have had to drop back to 10nl if I didn't add tilty spew to the variance losses.