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[RabidTortuga]

Brag post, obv. I ran at 31BB/100 this morning playing .10/.20 LHE on Stars, which was $14+ bucks in 238 hands, and I noticed that I was way up and probably had enough in the roll to move up to .50/1. So, of course, I started worrying about losing some of it and got weirdly giddy and tilty. I quit the game because I knew I was emotionally off, but I feel a little silly for quitting when I was running so goot. I had planned on playing at least 500 hands for the session.

Have you folks experienced positive tilt? Did I do the right thing by quitting the game? The fact that I'm even asking probably means yes, since I can't make the judgement myself, but I'm asking anyway.

[radmanjeff]

Never experienced that before but then again most of my sessions are when I am donking off chips. Having said that however, when I run "goot" I keep playing.

[Abbaddabba]

Brag post, obv. I ran at 31BB/100 this morning playing .10/.20 LHE on Stars, which was $14+ bucks in 238 hands

Beat: This is a brag

[jmkiser]

Yeah, I've actually tilted when running good in a different way. I've been guilty of opening it up with way more starting hands then I should... in a sense, it can work because of my table image........but, yeah, bad ::slap hand::

I've had that invincible feeling before and played way too long post-flop on hands I should have dumped on the flop.

I believe I'm over it now, but, basically, find w/e it takes to keep focused.

[navybuttons]

i used to do the same exact thing when i first started playing 2/4 and 3/6 LHE like 6 years ago. play tight, win a few hands and start loosening up.

you grow out of it, and soon playing tight promotes playing tighter.

goodluck.

[Abbaddabba]

there are few people who tilt when winning.

tilt is a phenomena where people play looser/differently when they're losing because of the arbitrary tag between being "up" and "down" and the psychological fulfillment associated with being up money, and the feeling of failure that you're down. the marginal utility of a dollar changes as you approach the break even point, so people act in ways that seem irrational.


the other side of the coin is probably best explained by wealth effects. sort of like when people win the lottery, and spend money on stupid frivolous things - but once reality sets in, they act more sensibly. the stupid frivolous thing you're buying is entertainment, by getting involved with hands that under normal circumstances you wouldnt think of as prudent. but usually these things will only effect someone when theyve won an amount that is significant relative to their overall net worth. because if it was a small amount in their mind, you likely wouldnt feel any wealthier from running well over a short period of time.

what is especially odd is that the penny tables would effect you that way. are you a teenager? do you have a job?

[RabidTortuga]

there are few people who tilt when winning.

tilt is a phenomena where people play looser/differently when they're losing because of the arbitrary tag between being "up" and "down" and the psychological fulfillment associated with being up money, and the feeling of failure that you're down. the marginal utility of a dollar changes as you approach the break even point, so people act in ways that seem irrational.
the other side of the coin is probably best explained by wealth effects. sort of like when people win the lottery, and spend money on stupid frivolous things - but once reality sets in, they act more sensibly. the stupid frivolous thing you're buying is entertainment, by getting involved with hands that under normal circumstances you wouldnt think of as prudent. but usually these things will only effect someone when theyve won an amount that is significant relative to their overall net worth. because if it was a small amount in their mind, you likely wouldnt feel any wealthier from running well over a short period of time.

what is especially odd is that the penny tables would effect you that way. are you a teenager? do you have a job?

I'm just a bankroll management nit who's cashed out or gone broke one too many times. I suppose the anticipation of moving up is what got me, more than the $14.

Everything is relative. I won $22 bucks last night at .25/.50 and it didn't have the same effect. I suppose it's also the first time I've really grinded it out and moved up. I know people turn small deposits into small fortunes all the time, but this was the first time I stuck with one game and moved up two limits by simply putting in the hands. I'd imagine it will lose it's allure as time goes on, assuming I continue with some level of success.

[jmkiser]

I'm just a bankroll management nit who's cashed out or gone broke one too many times. I suppose the anticipation of moving up is what got me, more than the $14.

Everything is relative. I won $22 bucks last night at .25/.50 and it didn't have the same effect. I suppose it's also the first time I've really grinded it out and moved up. I know people turn small deposits into small fortunes all the time, but this was the first time I stuck with one game and moved up two limits by simply putting in the hands. I'd imagine it will lose it's allure as time goes on, assuming I continue with some level of success.

You and I are in very similar boats right now. I've been in the process of the same thing live and have been working on getting back to online play as well.

Need to re-install PT and get that all set-up and start putting in a certain number of hands a day.

Good luck to us first timers

[Abbaddabba]

i know i got pretty worked up about $50 when i played .50/1, mostly because i made a divide between my online accounts and real world accounts.
plus i guess it represents a chunk of progress towards a poker related goal.

i dont think it ever made me play looser though. if anything, it was inspiration to play better.