I've caught the tournament bug lately. I'm very rusty in late game situations. This is unacceptable obviously since such a huge % of your roi comes from deep and final table play. Anyways, was reading old 2p2 mtt threads and revisited a classic article. It's a post about success/failure, poker, life. The article is good on many levels, but wanted to highlight an excerpt related to tilt control.
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Turning your noise filter up will work for a time, but eventually it builds and seeps through at one time or another, and everything that has been blocked comes pouring out at once, which creates the very worst tilt imaginable. Believe me, I have been there many times. I have come to realize that it is much better to acknowledge the negative or angry thoughts as they arrive, that doesn't mean just noticing their presence, when they approach, actually talk to your mind and announce their arrival, and then identify the reasons behind them. As your mind comes to realize how trivial and meaningless these thoughts are, it will eventually stop creating them in the first place. It takes alot of time and effort to do this, but the long term results will be well worth it.
This is so true in my game. If I just ignore my emotions the tilt just builds up. I'm getting better at quitting when reaching this point. But playing through these feelings is definitely more +EV. Anyways, it's a great read and this bit is pretty insightful.
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