How to deal with 'scary' money?

[ac13]

Hi,

I played on full tilt poker and won a step 1 ticket, eventually I won till I came to step 3 ($28) ticket.
Now I used that ticket for a big MTT with a huge prizepool 1st was $75000 and 2nd was $45k
I was incredibly scary at the beginning, I had no idea how to handle the stress.
I even went several times to the bathroom 5 min before the tournament would start.
It was horrible, I was way to tight, couldnt do anything.

This was a long time ago but I would like to see how you guys handle it, when you are scared.
Any advice that I can get helps me!

Thanks,
KnifeHunter5 / ac13

[Freerolls123]

that was a long time ago lololol, understatement of the year goes to....

[stindo0427]

If the money scares you its a very good sign you shouldn't be playing that tournament. Its alright to take some shots, but if it effects the way you play its too big.

[Drywallman3]

wow, I can only imagine you playing a live tourney. Using the bathroom 5 times before the game is a little overboard to me but hey I don't do anything that makes me nervous or scared.

[greengiant]

Whenever I feel like i'm playing like scary money I slap myself and tell myself it's only money, just play poker andd have fun!

[ritehere]

Dude you should stick to the slots lol

[tommy62278]

grow some balls n push some chips around

[trudizzle]

hahaha...I guess when we all first started we all got a lil nervous in bigger tournys but it just goes away unless its towards the end.

[steveg78]

You just have to play through it. Nothing to be scared of really. It's only money, lol.

[lilturkgirl]

anytime you go into the unknown you become scared.. but i learned through experience that if your going to play.. play exactly the same way you would in any other tournament.. and after the game is finished its not a bad idea to go through your hands to see what you could of done differently.. its all a learning exp