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[the_hawk]

<span style="font-style: italic;">The Poker Mindset</span> contains a section called "<span style="font-style: italic;">Tight Tilt</span>"

[leofric]

Having
started playing a little NL cash recently (only 0.05c/0.10c) I noticed
after my first fairly big downturn how tilt affects me. <br>

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I don't go all aggressive, shoving over the top of a raise and re-raise
with 72o, rather I go the other way and almost give up on every hand
before it starts.
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Specifically I noticed:
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No more calling raises in position with medium PPs. No point in set mining when you never hit!
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In fact very little calling raises at all! (Usually I play six handed so some level of aggression is necessary)
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Very few if any continuation bets
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Being too quick to drop an open ended straight or flush draw. The odds were there so I should be calling
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<br>Not being willing to slow play at all. One of the few good hands I
did get was a Q high rainbow flop when I'd raised with QQ. Heads up I
could have afforded to check this and let him catch up but mindful of
all the outdraws I led out with a pot sized bet.
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<br>In short I'm playing sub optimal poker since I've now become too
unwilling to take a risk or be aggressive. Ok so I've still found that
my best remedy is to take a break for a week or so and by then I'm
starting afresh. But I really can't complain that all my losses were
down to bad luck. The only thing I can do now is compare my play the
next time I hit the preverbial brick wall and see if I've learnt
anything from this.
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<br>Incidently anyone who has seen me play cash 6 handed would probably
quite correctly point out I play sub optimally all the time anyway!!