Dealing with Anger

I used to get angry and frustrated with getting knocked out of tournaments when I had the best hand. Now I realize that it's just a part of the game. I figure as long as I played my cards right and was the clear favorite every time then I did my part. My question is, at what point in the tournament is it better to just lay down and not take the risk of getting knocked out even when you are up against someone drawing to a 3 or 4 outer? My last three tourneys I have been knocked out by heads up all in play and my opponent caught a 3 outer. I am a tight aggresive player and have no problem pushing all my chips in when I have the best of it. Is that logical? Each time I was knocked out early to midway in the tourney, also, I had an average to large stack compared to the field

I just try to stay cool and wait for the next hand. Walk away, smoke a cig, get a drink etc. I think we all go on tilt at times and it's a sure fire way to lose. This happens to me more on Pokerstars than anywhere else. I usually take a minute or to to collect myself and look for the next opportunity.

If you get your chips in with the best of it, over time YOU WILL succeed. You can't help luck.. it's part of the game

You should always stay cool and focused,and not let emotions to take over you..I know it is sometimes hard to lose to someone to a lower kicker,but you shouldn't think about revenge in the next hand when you play against that player...You will get your chance,just be patient...
And I would suggest you to play only premium hands at the begining of the tournament because there are almost always players who are playing for thrill so they will follow almost every bet.Once these players are eliminated,real poker starts...

if you play MTT,tight aggressive is the best way to play the early phase,i mean very tight.if you got lucky and made a big stack loosen up and target short stacks.if you are the short stack stay tight and shove preflop.MTTs is more based on luck than cash games.accept it and you wont go tilt.

In the beginning I wasn't angry, just a bit desperated but this time I just said oh well gg and that's just part of Poker

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Originally Posted by ProBlackbird

In the beginning I wasn't angry, just a bit desperated but this time I just said oh well gg and that's just part of Poker

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Not me, I'd rather hunt the guy down who gave me a bad beat. Find his house and burn it down, slash his tires, steal his mail ............

Deep breath

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I used to get angry and frustrated with getting knocked out of tournaments when I had the best hand.

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same thing happens to me too. now i just try to stay cool and think w/ my head not with my emotion. it's hard, but you would b good at it as you practice more. BTW, that's why we have freerolls and the one of many reasons we join this forum, isn't it? to get freeroll passwords! lol - now, practice with me!
1) close your eyes
2) deep breath and count to 10,
3) exhail and count to 10,
4) rince and repeat for 5 time.
you sould b good and have a calm mind and emotion.

I don't even bother getting angry at bad beats.

They occur way too much and it would be just a waste of anger.

Now I kinda laugh when I get them. :)

inever get angry all I do is walk away!!

Just earlier tonight I had AA and I ended up all in against QQ, and sure enough, they drew a Q on the river. Even though it was only a freeroll, I was about 13 places away from gettin payed and I'd been there for a few hours. But to answer your question specifically about tournaments... you've got to play the hands your dealt. You can't drop out of a hand because they could draw an out, or else you'd end up folding 99% of the time. Just be glad you're out of the tournament, because when my stack drops from some BS like that, I get so angry I play like a total donk haha.

dont trip bro.. we always going to get bad beats we just have to learn how to take it better..i feel that when i get bad beats in live tournaments i tend to take it as bad cause i dont want to show that im a bad loser..but at home we can go all out and tend to let loose..my advice is just to think of as another hand u win some and loose some..we just have to learn how to loose less lol..

when you get bad beats i try not to get angry because at some point uv called stupid hands or something and won its just the game of poker .. sit back and enjoy :) good luck at the tables

Its tough to control anger and deal with bad beats. You are very correct and it is part of the game, there will always be those guys that will follow it to the river just to get that one in a million shot at the best hand. I am the opposite of an angery player and I have a very similar play style in tight aggresive. Though at times I can play very slow and safe. I would have to say that the best time to play like your describing is the end especially with smaller tournys where it is more likely you will be short handed at the final table.

The only time I ever get angry about it is when i'll call somebody and i have A.A or something along that and they are just being donk's with 2.8 and end up getting a straight or three of a kind odd ball hands and i mean the people who go all in with hands like that before the flop and get lucky with stupid stuff. if i win too a good hand i could care less

I agree with a lot of these posts, it is very tough losing with a big hand to an oddball donkkalicous hand like 10 3 or k4 suited. I don't kknow what goes through some players minds when they play junkk likke that. But luckk eventually runs out and then what are they going to run on, as they obviously don't posses skkillzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. But in the long run you just have to kkeep faith in ones self to over come the donkkeh's that get luckky once in awhile. I remain to have faith in myself and other players I kknow that just seem to attract luckkboxxxes, can't always lose to luckky donkkeh's.

i play to have fun and if it isnt fun i take a break.peeps tend to make bad calls when on tilt.it will only get will only get worse.

does anyone have suggestions for me, my bf gets mad over loses even when i tell him to back off!

i've struggled with similar problems, trying to play an unlogical game logically. maybe we should just donk it up

I have been getting angry and that is why Im loosing. So Im really trying to watch that, and like quintas said walk away for a few minutes at least!

try and keep cool and wait for revenge

LOL..very well said..
I like to tell them "watch out it Will come back and Bite you"...lol

yeah playing poker you have to channel your anger by not going on tilt and pushing all in....you can always grind away back to the top with patience and presitence.

when i start to get angry or feel im near it i tend to go on the ps3 take my anger on a good game lol

I do the same blowing up a few cop cars or whatever on grand theft auto always makes me feel better lol!

In cash game, its better to sitout for a while when you got bad beat. Take your time to get into good mood again :) In tournaments its harder when you got bad beat and you are still in tournament, to not make a stupid things after that...

i always get angry that its my problem

i agree with Weenie, just sit out and calm down, i have been trying to do this

not that many things you can do besides sit out and try to calm down...going on tilt is super easy tho, the hardest thing to ever do is walk away when you're about to blow

im cool man yes im bad

If I feel anger coming on I try to take a break cause have found that money leaves when anger shows....

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Hmmmmmm... Sounds like you need to develop more strategy... Remember, the good players at your table are paying attention to what everyone is doing, how they bet when they have a good hand, they see when a player is just donking or trying to bluff.. etc.... I try to never go all in with a player that has more chips than I do, unless after the flop, I can clearly see that I have a winner that can't be beat.... Never count on the luck of the Turn or River to win, muchless to stay in... this is why so many players lose that have been delt pockets... even pocket aces... Play conservative unless you know for sure.... Remember a tourney is all about the last man standing !

Yes... best to keep your cool... and let the donks fall victim to their own rage... just sayin'

I wouldn't allow anger to spoil my game. When one gets angry or distracted, one cannot concentrate and think fully and clearly. It's better to keep one's cool.

I still cant help but get alittle angry. But I realize that it is part of it, not to mention that I and everyone I know had lucked out at one time or another. There are deffinately some people that take it way to serioous and litteraly freak out when they get donked on.

thread is pointless why make a new thread just to say take a break when you are angry? Isn't that common knowledge?