So, I was playing my 2$ 2-Table SNGs, and I was getting frustrated. I lost 2 two days ago, 4 yesterday, and then 3 more today. And my BR isn't big, it was only 70. So then, I try some Cash Games. Crash, Boomed there too.. hard. I'm not going back to a ring game until I dedicate at least 5 hours reading things on the difference between Rings and SNGs.

So I crash crash crash, burn burn burn, and I'm tilting. I can't even play my normal 2$ SNGs, not according to my newly low BR and bad luck, and probably worse decisions due to tilting. So I decided to use 11 of my last 25 dollars on a 90-Man SNG. I get horrible cards near the whole time. It's over an hour into it and I only have 3k chips, barely over starting count.. But then Variance hits. I Keep hitting AK, QQ, KKs. I make more chips and become more confident, and I even play things like J9s and they flop just perfectly. Within 20 mins I'm in 2nd place, with 40,000 chips. I play for awhile more, bust some people, collect their bounties, and I play for about another 30 mins, and I'm at the Final table,3rd in Chips. I play a bit more, and now there's only 6 people total left. I all in with AA, and get cracked by a set.

Now, I realize that I haven't made the best decisions. Should definitely have stopped playing, cooled down for another day, and resume my normal SNGs. I should definitely even invest in PokerTracker so I can go through my hands and see the holes in my play (I know I'm still doing things wrong, I must be to be out of the money that many SNGs)

All said, I'm trying to say that I made a series of bad decisions, and hit the highs and lows of Variance in just a few days. And when I'm about to crash, the poker gods save me and grant me another chance to keep playing poker at my normal limits (I ended up being about -10$ since a few days ago) I'm glad I have it, and I need things to do to help cool off and be more disciplined. I noticed the bad choices in game I was making, after I realized I was tilting, and that'll help. But what additional steps can I take to avoid tilting? Any activities that will be both naturally benefiting and relaxing? Just anything to try to avoid that again, something that I can really make this opportunity the poker gods gave me work.