Improve thyself

Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey

I notice that I tilt in different ways as time goes on. Lately, when I tilt, I fold too nitty, 'cause I know I'm tilted and I fear misplaying the hand post-flop. I know I should just sit out for a few minutes instead, but I never do. I just grind through the tilt for 10 minutes and try to make it go away. If it doesn't go away, I quit for the day.

What are your current signs of tilt? How effective do you think you are at acknowledging them and recovering?

I def hear you on this.

I tend to move back and forth between too nitty and too loose/aggressive. I'm always a calling station so I dunno about that one really giving me any indication that I'm on tilt. I find when I'm really on my A game thought I can make both big calls and big folds that I conclude are correct. If for example I catch myself 4bet jamming A2o bvb against a straightforward reg with a 20% 3bet and he knows im nuts and he isn't going to 3b/fold nearly ever, then usually im tilted because ill try to justify it being correct before making the play when its clearly just a trap. I often justify plays like this by saying to myself 'well I could have just open shoved and that would be +EV so now If I just jam it doesn't matter because if he's 3b/calling he has a hand he'd call a shove with' - but that is stupid faulty logic when your opponent is doing something clearly exploitable and you have the opportunity to exploit it you need to capitalize on those spots because that's where your edge comes from.

As far as acknowledging I'm on tilt, it usually doesn't happen till after I do something really stupid. Then I either A) try to focus harder on avoiding making dumb moves or B) continue on playing like a moron before quitting at some point, usually after losing a lot of monies.