You coach PLO. What advice would you give a student that knew they were playing tilted?

It really depends on the student and their mental game. I have a very strong mental game after years of experience and playing through multiple downswings. So I feel like I can power through these stretches no problem. I might tell a student to take a break though or to play shorter sessions. Play smaller easier games. Or do relaxation techniques to make tilt less likely. And decide when you’re ready to start winning again and playing well. A lot is in our control.

Doing very well today so far playing well running well too.

Morning session updateÂ…Won $1500 at 1/2 plo and left for 5/5 in a good game and shortly lost AKJ63ds to an action player, ran into big hands, then lost an AA and AKQQJ to him all in pre as well. Ran top two into his top set at a very low spr too. Playing pretty well all things considered so IÂ’m content. Getting some bluffs through and raising for value. Losing now but day is young.

You've got this! He should be easy to win it back from

It’ll have to be next time, he lost a big pot to someone and left to play roulette. The game broke and I took a break and am back at 1/2 now. Lost overpair nut gutter nfd to a wrap already.

Then lost dsAA in 4! pot flopping top two to naked nfd and lost, got T9876ds all in pre three ways and lost too (this was a tad overaggrsssive due to tilt). Won nut wrap top pair and second nut flush draw too. My friend said I am giving up too much edge preflop and I am starting to agree. I am too quick to get the chips in preflop lately which reduces postflop playability and maneuverability which greatly favors me.

If you know you are playing tilted your mental game is not as good as you believe as one way you judge is do you play knowing you are not playing well. You are better than that.

Hope you do get through this rough patch relatively unscathed. I don't want to give advice, since you've shown yourself to be resilient but also aware of when your decisions are impacted by negative variance (e.g. as with being overly aggressive preflop). I wonder, though, does this awareness of "worse" decision-making (I use inverted commas because your strategy might not be worse; you don't know until you fully analyse it) always translate into making the appropriate adjustments. At what point does resilience become a form of stubbornness? I guess you're best placed to know.

I’m working on it. I think my biggest leak lately has been overplaying KK and QQ.

Played 10/10 briefly today. Ran top boat into quads AQJJ9ds to a limp called crappy 88 J88K3 runout. Also a bluff didn’t get though. Decided I’m taking a break from playing bigger games until I book a bunch of solid wins at the smaller games.

Lost $3,400 today when all was said and done, didn’t play too badly but definitely ran poorly. Rest now and another day tomorrow. My friend gave me good advice as he’s been running bad too. That was comforting. Did well at 1/2 just lost a lot at bigger games.

https://youtu.be/Rpct2yR3-ac?si=VAWDbeFj-XHyRgex

Got like 13 hours of sleep last night, had some cool dreams, one I was buying an electric car with my mom in a foreign country in the future, people doing wheelies with motorcycles by the ocean shore, another I was being flown around near waves in a plane, then finally I was in a horror film being told some murderous secret right before the killer walked into our hotel room.

I solicited more advice from players about these swings and one said cardio, taking breaks, game selection. All good things. Lattes now... very important, then exercise.

Last night I almost played perfectly except when I 4! T9876ds and got it in three ways. That was a mistake due to frustration. So one mistake all night at this point is acceptable. But really want to play perfectly if I can. My overplaying spots pre have only accounted for a small fraction of my losses this month which is good.

Feel like we’ve read this before here - how long of a break from the bigger games you planning to take?!

Until I book a bunch of wins playing 1/2.

I mean, I’ve run really bad before inducing tilt before so that’s probably why you’ve read this before…lol.

Played a few hours, lost a little getting it in good and losing trips + nfd versus worse trips, top two nfd to oesd bdnfd, found the disciplined river fold even blocking the nuts. chopped a dsAA versus ssAA as well. Even losing small pots is really getting me upset.

It's really unfortunate to be in the middle of a downswing right now because the big mix is extremely juicy tonight, enough to take a shot. Oh well.

Played pretty well, just was flop and card dead, lost a pot with QQ997ds against action player's AQ532 and KKnfd on A83hh didn't get there either. Lost an AAJT6ss to JJTT3. Possibly missed a couple bluffs but not clear. Maybe if I was winning i would be ore aggro in those spots.

Lost KQQJT to 99nfd on T529dd2. Lost trips nfd to trips as well, got dinner with a friend and caught up.

It's insane how the negative variance is hitting me all of a sudden, like a ton of bricks, while things were going so smoothly for so long. I'll keep trying to lose the minimum and eliminate or reduce mistakes caused by tilt. For the most part I did not tilt last night which I am really happy about. Maybe a little less aggro in certain spots, "loser's tilt."

Had dreams about shopping for expensive zip ups in a department store. (Won't be doing that anytime soon give how poker has been going.) Ended down $1,650 on the session, an improvement, lol.

Woke up in the middle of the night after getting plenty of sleep, will latte and exercise, then see what is running this time of night.

Also got a new student which was good.

Maybe? I had no idea it was deleted. In any case, here's the Abyss post. It's been quoted many times, so it's not like I'm uncovering something that's not already out there.

Thanks for reposting, I’m feeling this way right now. It’s just a lot of things not going well at the same time, bad timing bad play etc., in poker.

I played well today, made a few hundred at 1/2 plo. Feels like absolutely nothing next to what I’m down this month.

Lost AK to AQ all in at 2/5, turned k flush into bluff on board pairing river and the nut flush called me at plo too.

At least I had a nice moment with a reg last night, older lady at plo we listened to music on our phones together she played “why Delilah” and I played “lady in red.” She said she’d buy me a new chip bag for my birthday. Very sweet lady. Finding some nice moments in the gloom.

I love "Lady in Red."