Tilt

I have decided to write my views on the topic of tilt.

Everybody has different views on the topic of tilt and my views are simple, if you find that you tilt easily and don't control or try to control it, you will be a losing player in the long run, it doesn't matter how good of a player you are, if you can't control your emotions at the poker table and type obcenities at the table, you let players know your on tilt and those better players will exploit this for all it's worth, take for instance that just yesterday a player on my table had went on tilt when he recieved a loss by a calling station that hit the flush, but this is besides the point,he made a few comments that let me and others know he was on tilt, but I seemed to be the only one who really noticed this and took him for $20+ dollars a couple of hands later when I hit my set on the flop and he had TPTK.
His TPTK was not a hand he would usually get married to, but because of his condition(tilt) he just couldn't lay it down.

You see, if your on tilt, find a way to control it when at the table, learn to accept that you will recieve badbeats from time to time.
If you can't seem to accept badbeats then sitout for awhile, walk the dog, go for a walk, even go to your favorite poker forum and vent, you'll be surprised at how how controling tilt helps you keep your BR at a steady incline.

I control tilt by accepting that there are worse players out there that wiil practically give me thier money and some will put a badbeat on me, but for every hand that I recieve a badbeat on I win 10-15(maybe more) hands to that one I lose with proper play.
My mind says "I will get it back from others" and I DO NOT chase the money I have lost but look for the most opportune time to take it back if the opportunity presents itself, which is more satisfying than taking it from others. In this I mean that if you find yourself with a monster hand and flop the nuts against the same player who took your money earlier with a badbeat, then to win against this same player is so satisfying, almost orgasmic in a sense.

One final thing before I go, if you find yourself at a table with a tiltfish, do not leave it, exploit the player for all it's worth, if you find yourself on a table with a known tiltfish, try to induce his tilt.

Peace, much <3 for CC

Taking notes

We all know that the only way to read an online player(without software such as pokertracker) is watching for betting patterns which most of us do, but there is something that is as vital to take into account when it comes to Online reads, and that is notetaking.

"I take notes when I play poker" some might say and I'm sure you do, but how many players have you noted? , Have you taken the time to take notes on the whole table?, one at a time while not in a hand? or have you gone the lazy route and take a note here and there(I have)?

But it is important for you to take notes on as many players as you can.

During a course of about an hour or so I had taken several notes on one player who was really aggressive, seemed standard TAG until I had looked through the notes I had taken on him and found him to be quite loose:

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-calls a 4xBB in LP1

-calls a 4xBB bet from MP2

-calls a 3xBB bet from UTG2

-raised 5xBB from CO

-calls 4xBB raise w/QJos

-limped on the button w/A4os>.

Just from the following notes, which are short and still need work, I found that marginal and premium hands made me money because of his habit of betting 4xBB with any suited face cards.

Sure, PAHud can do this for you but without knowing what hands he/she bets with, it's an educated guess at best, with notes on a player you can cut his/her range down to just a few hands based on the size of the bet and position of villian, notes will tell you more on a particular player than PAHud would(IMO), I'm not saying that PAHud is not good to have, but when combined with the physical notes you have taken on players you will win more.

Even without PAHud, you still have an advantage over most players simply because most are just too lazy to take the time to take notes.

The most important notes you should be taking are notes on yourself, if you don't have notes on yourself, your playing on instinct which is not too good for your game, you make mistakes and later ask yourself why, if you don't keep notes on yourself you will find it hard to plug any leaks in your game.

"What kind of notes should I be taking?" you might be asking, and I will tell you "Everything you see any villian doing" from his first bet into the pot and every other action an each street. "How will this help me if he doesn't show?", not to worry because he will show his cards eventually if you keep taking notes then you will see a distinct pattern start to emerge, a pattern you can later exploit.

much love for CC