I tilt easily...infact, very easily. Which I find odd, as I usually have very good control over my emotions...except when it comes to money apparently as I have found out playing poker. Nothing much ever makes me mad and I don't remember the last time I've ever shouted at someone.

Anyway...is there a setting on your pokerstars account to ONLY let you play $2NL and to not let you play after losing $x in a day/session?

If there is, it will save me from the one thing holding me back from becoming a good poker player. Myself.

Thanks.

you can certainly use stars for limiting what stakes you play. i don't think you can set a stop-loss though

I think instead of treating your symptoms, you should be looking at the underlying cause. Why do you tilt? Is it because of poor bankroll management? Losing a couple of buy ins at 2nl will affect you a lot less if you started out with $100 than if you had $20. Is it because you're on a downswing and just can't handle it? Then I'd recommend reading a few books such as the poker mindset to understand why you think/feel the way you do and how to change it. A good poker player can control their emotions, whether they have software limitations set or not.

I had online tilt early on in my pokering. I absolutely cured most of it by playing overrolled. As an example, if you are playing 2NL, have a bankroll of $150-200 will allow you to smile at the suckouts, instead of fume over the lost cash. A suckout means you got it in ahead.......that's a good thing.

But even when you are ahead, you are rarely way ahead. Getting it all in on a 70/30 means you will lose 30% of the time. You should still prefer to get it in every time (maybe not if it's tourneys you play and have ITM considerations....even then....) and have an overroll will allow you to take the hit without concern of going busto..... or close causing something called "scared money"

Thanks, I'll look into the Limit..limits. I was originally playing with a short roll. $40 or so for playing $2nl, as that's all I wanted to deposit for my first time playing poker. (My first actual attempt at gambling also)

I think I visualize my BR in real life terms and that's what annoys me. I lose a pot of $5 and to me, I think, well there goes a couple of beers. Been trying to not do this...and it's working a bit. I'll get there eventually...just would like this set-rule to prevent it from happening in the mean time.

Even if I'm up $10 and lose $6, I feel like I'm -$6 instead of still +$4. I just find this weird as in life, I'm a huge optimist. Glass half full kinda guy.

Next time I 'Suckout' I'll post the hand here. If I'm told it was just bad luck instead of bad play on my part, that'll help.

I think HM2 has an app that deals with tilt. It looked pretty cool, that's if you have HM2 though obv

Bankroll management is the word. Or.... 2 words. Trust me.

If you're going to play at any limit, especially with little experience, probably have to expect to lose at least 100 buy-ins if not more. Buying in for less there's almost no question you will lose it without experience. Micros are raked harder too. If you are tilting, at least it's at low limits.

Maybe it's cheesy but you could just grind play money until you feel confident. Then you can tilt like crazy. Plus if you can move to the highest stakes play money and make a huge roll maybe you can take another shot at real money. Just saying if you can't beat $0NL, probably can't beat $2NL. Also if you tilt over play-money suckouts you might want to chill out a bit on the gambling.

There's problems with play money though; someone probably disagrees with all this anyway.

I've been doing fine at 2nl, I'm winning at it consistently over 3k hands or so now. (Not a lot, I know). Play money is worse than not playing at all I feel. Maybe at high stakes it's worth playing, but at low limits it's a joke. I just get annoyed when you get sucked out on 4x in a row by hands that have a 1% chance of beating yours.

I'm fine now that I've limited my limits I can play, as 10 minutes later, I'm back 100% on my game. So it's all good now

Just sit out if you start to go nuts. Take a break and post or read. Don't play all angry and try to "Get someone back," you'll start dumping. If you're getting someone in while you are decently ahead, you are going to get sucked out on some of the time. That's why you have a roll, to handle the variance. People who are in when they have trash cards don't get sucked out on; they do the out-sucking (lol?). Does that make sense? Maybe someone mentioned this.

Just stay at low limits until you can build up, if your gonna move up you might have to try to control your tilt a little more because it's more money.