When I lose, I lose bad!

I have a problem....

I play really well when I am ahead, I was able to build a 85 bankroll to 450 in 1 day, but I was playing 1, 2 cash.... way too high of stakes for my bankroll. Yesterday, I had 450, playing cash 1,2 and I was also in a 16.50 buy in and was in first place from the first 5 minutes until the last 20 people. First place was 900 and i thought it was mine for sure, things were looking great...

Then I chased a flush draw, lost about half my stack in the tourney, and got caugh on a bluff to lose another hand shortly after. This put me on tilt, and I also started doing poorly in the cash game. It's almost like i get bored or too confident i'll hit, and stop playing my a-game. this happens EVERYTIME. I have deposited over 10k in the last few years, always in 100-200 increments, and everytime i say i am going to play tight, but i play for too long, and start playing risky. If i'm down 50, i'll do a 50 heads up before my session end justbecause i hate being down. This is a severe case of tilt-itis, does anyone have any similar experiences? I am a very solid player, if i can just overcome this i would have good success, but nothing seems to work.

Your my hero.. I am also like this at times. It is almost a case of boredom and u just want some action so you start spewing ur stack away. When i played on full tilt i always had either a $1 sup turbo 6 man sng or a rush cash game 1c/2c open. It was in those that i spewed and got my action while keeping my discipline in the tourney or cash game that i had more riding on.

simple but genius, I'll give that a go. I took a break for 5 months because i bought a house and remodeled the entire piece of crap, and work full time, and have a side business, and was repeating this bad habit, but this time it really needs to be different, because I love poker, and would play it all day everyday if i had the winning record. I also have a fiance and a mother who would be a lot more supportive of the habit if it were profitable lol!

everyone!

if you are spewing the simple solution is log off ... there will be a cash game when you log back on and your head is clear

logging off is easy, not logging back in 5 minutes later is hard

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Originally Posted by illusiveyoung

logging off is easy, not logging back in 5 minutes later is hard

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not really on the 5 minute thing (5 minutes is nothing) ... like I said games run 24/7, come back when you are not dwelling on past hands

take a break sit out for a few minutes if you get to feeling that way and still have a good amount of chips. i think we all have felt like that before

Illusiveyoung, maybe it work better if you didn't try to play a tourney and cash game at the same time. That's one flaw of multi-table, is that you can't focus on one game. Your BRM is a huge problem too. With no BRM, you lose faster then you gain. That's a serious problem I have yet to solve too.

thanks for the feedback guys, i have made a commitment to only do freerolls, pokerownedtourneys, and $1 sit no gos, until i feel i have a healthy bankroll and have kicked the habit

Old habits are hard to break, but first and foremost it sounds like you need some solid BRM, then some kind of control over feeling bored or wanting action. with 85 as a roll you shouldnt even be close to thinking about 1/2 maybe .05/.10 or .10/.25

every one have a same problem... Watch this vid its usefull Emotional Control In Poker - YouTube, psychical improvment.

I love prawneys take on this I too have a similar problem of staying focused unless a massive amount is on the line or I'm broke

BRM and spend 8 to 10% what ever you deposit/withdraw on education. Video, books or training site, and would adhere to BRM will at least slow down the deposits and over time you should be able to make withdraws.

when you start running bad really go take a break log off go to store, smoke a cig cool off before you loose it all, the games are going no where tell yourself that, start over tomorrow if you can..gl dam you play hard like me but you deposit to much, win some fr dude..gl

i hate to lose and usua;lly its bad so i say dont lose

the best thing to do when you are losing real bad is to just leave the table and go jerkoff

I see many players ask for help and never take the advice of others who have lost their BR's, so my question is are you looking for real help or just venting?

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Originally Posted by gimmeabrew

the best thing to do when you are losing real bad is to just leave the table and go jerkoff

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so where do you go in this experience, bedroom, bathroom closet? Just curious as to where you cool off ;)

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Originally Posted by Drywallman3

so where do you go in this experience, bedroom, bathroom closet? Just curious as to where you cool off ;)

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i dont give details pervert lolo jk

I have been multi-tabling since 1996, and I got to say experience only makes you tilt more or play better.

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Originally Posted by Keepa1488

simple but genius, I'll give that a go. I took a break for 5 months because i bought a house and remodeled the entire piece of crap, and work full time, and have a side business, and was repeating this bad habit, but this time it really needs to be different, because I love poker, and would play it all day everyday if i had the winning record. I also have a fiance and a mother who would be a lot more supportive of the habit if it were profitable lol!

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Sounds like you're just bored.

Try taking skydiving lessons or something?