OK, so first full week of the stake, down half a dollar. Donked off some cash playing PLO and HU2's. In 6m 4NL, I'm running about 10 BB/100. That's slightly different than my staking thread post because I played some after posting.
So, I've been starting tables, joining lots of short-handed tables. Question: am I profitable doing it? Checked PT4, I'm running 17 BB/100 when super-short-handed.
So I guess the strategy going forward is obvious. Keep starting the tables and finding the fish. Keep grinding 6m, and ignore the other games for now.
Tilting is something I've been dealing with. I've always tilted a lot, but I got pretty good at controlling it quickly when it popped up. Sit out of tables for a bit after a bad beat. Some pushups or stretching. Quit playing if I'm stuck.
More generally, not tilting is about understanding variance, the good and the bad. After being back into poker for a couple of weeks, I'm having to regain that understanding. Stack off? No worries, just reload and play well. I'm not the biggest fish at the table, and if I keep thinking, keep solving problems, and keep folding, the wins will come. You have to let the card deadness go, the flop deadness, all of it. If you wait, the spots to barrel will start showing back up.
I think my tilt issues are patience-related. I know how often I should "flop good," how often someone should, based on the HUD stats, fold in certain spots. When I plan to bet/fold several times in a row in good spots, and have to fold to agression, I start to squirm. I think of it as spew, when it's not. Folding is NOT spewing. It's calling that would be.
I have to get back to the place where I understand the variance, keep picking good spots and keep folding.
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Originally Posted by Robb
= feel free to laugh at my tilt-hands whenever you get the chance...