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Poker on tilt?? Help Please!?

I just started to play tournament and ring games and everytime I heads up I keep losing w hands like Ak, Ak, AQ, 88, in a row it's drove me crazy, I keep getting dealt these 4 to five 5 times in a row and keep getting suck out or lose the race. Is there any better way or strategies to play this type of hand heads up or tourney??? Please give me your advice thank you so much in advance.

We’ve all done it. We ask ourselves how an idiot can stupidly win so many pots. At some point in our poker careers, we’ve thought that “it’s my turn to win” or “that donks luck is bound to run out!” Unfortunately, that’s not how poker works. Each hand is an independent event. The hands before it have no effect on how the current hand will play out. That donk is just as likely to have a monster on this hand as he did on the previous one. But suckout after suckout, bad beat after bad beat, can leave even the most talented of players letting their emotions get in the way of making correct decisions.

First, let me give you a brief explanation on how emotions work. Most people think that you experience an event (getting sucked out), you experience an emotion (anger) and then you get a physiological response (increased heart rate). There is overwhelming psychological evidence that this is actually not the case. What really happens is you experience an event (getting sucked out), get a physiological response (increased heart rate) and then your mind infers an emotion (anger). If that’s really the case, you’d expect that influencing your physiology would influence your perception of your emotion. And guess what, you’d be completely right.

There are literarily hundreds of studies that offer support. One study had some participants punch a punching bag while others just chilled and sat on a couch. All the participants later got to play a game where they could deliver a loud blast of noise to their partner if their partner messed up. The participants that punched the punching bag delivered more intense noise blasts and for longer durations. This demonstrates that a physiological response (acting angry by punching the punching bag), can have significant effects on behavior (expressing anger by delivering loud blasts of music). Another study had participants rate cartoons while holding a pencil between their teeth. One group was instructed to hold a pencil in such as a way as to create a smile, while the other group held the pencil in a way that resembled a look of disgust. The group that held the pencil in a smile position rated the cartoons as significantly funnier. The study shows that once again, a physiological reaction (facial expressions) has a profound impact on emotional experience

So now we need to eliminate the physiology associated with anger, and then eliminate the anger itself.

So the next time you feel yourself starting to tilt here’s what you do:

1. Force yourself to smile.
2. Sit back in your chair with a relaxed posture. An angry posture (which you want to avoid at all costs) is as follows: leaning slightly forward, feet flat on the floor, fists clenched.
3. Control your breathing. Breathe slowly and deeply.
4. Don’t hit anything. Don’t slam your mouse down. Don’t act angry!

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I hope you take this advice to heart and try it the next time you feel yourself about to tilt your hard earned money away. Good luck and may the poker gods be with you

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