Quote Originally Posted by dalecooper
My biggest problem as a player has been a tendency to let tilt and emotion drain off the successes I've had. I'll play well and be up 50-100% over an hour or two session, and then go on tilt for one reason or another and lose it all over the next hour or two.

My biggest problems have been not the usual bad beats (although those can contribute), but more frustration when the cards aren't coming.
I have the same frustration and tilt for the same reason. Miss 5 or 6 nut flushes in a row? Have high cards when the flop comes all low cards, or vice versa? Or you make that call "hoping" you've got the best hand instead of knowing?

I found the way to deal with this is to get up and leave. If I'm up 100% and start to feel the "slip" coming I will just leave. Sometimes I can fight it and occasionally I will get into that "maybe this time it'll change" mode. But mostly the best move I can make when that starts is to get up and leave.