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12-07-2006, 04:04 PM
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How do you handle people trying to tilt you
So you are an avid 2+2 reader and you have a solid game and you are playing with crappy players and the only way they can beat you is to tilt you off your A-game. They do this by goading you and laughing and making fun of your tightness or whatever. How do you respond when their tactics start working? Leave the table?
-J 
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#2
12-07-2006, 04:26 PM
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Re: How do you handle people trying to tilt you
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So you are an avid 2+2 reader and you have a solid game and you are playing with crappy players and the only way they can beat you is to tilt you off your A-game. They do this by goading you and laughing and making fun of your tightness or whatever. How do you respond when their tactics start working? Leave the table? -J [/ QUOTE ] You realize they are trying to tilt you and it still works? Wow. I usually don't realize until afterwards that thats what was going on, on the rare occasions people are able to tilt me. If you can recognize it, just ignore it or laugh about it.
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#4
12-08-2006, 05:39 PM
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Re: How do you handle people trying to tilt you
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If you can recognize it, just ignore it or laugh about it. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Just ignore does not work for me. -J [/ QUOTE ] Then laugh about it. Laugh about what morons they are. (don't tell them that, though. Let 'em wonder) If you can recognize it, you choose how it affects you. b
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#5
12-08-2006, 06:13 PM
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Re: How do you handle people trying to tilt you
Agree with them. If they say you angle shoot, then say "Yep, and you fell for it". If they say your tight, then like mentioned about agree and then bluff raise into them. These are the guys that I like to show bluffs to. They've stated they believe you are tight. You've agreed your tight. Then you show a bluff. Now they don't know whether to call or not next time your in that situation. Their ego driven so they don't want to be bluffed off a pot and shown up to the rest of the table, now they'll call when you have the nuts and overbet the pot.
You remind me of this guy that plays at Pechanga in California. He goes on tilt playing against calling stations because they don't know how to lay anything down. It's soooo predictable that you can exploit it and get him mad and off the table (other than this issue he's a good player so I'd rather not have him at the table). It's worth a buy in just to make him blow his cool and leave.
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#6
12-08-2006, 06:22 PM
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Re: How do you handle people trying to tilt you
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If they say you angle shoot, then say "Yep, and you fell for it". [/ QUOTE ] I would never agree with anyone that I'm an angle-shooter. Not a seed I'd even remotely try to plant. Better to say nothing than to agree with this. More are likely listening than just the person it's aimed at. Some may not know better. It could come back on you at a later time. Other than that, I agree with your post. [ QUOTE ] (other than this issue he's a good player so I'd rather not have him at the table). [/ QUOTE ] Makes you wonder, is he good, or is he only good when he's running well? If he gets that pissed just about calling stations to where he leaves, I have a hard time thinking he's really that good. b
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#7
12-07-2006, 07:00 PM
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Re: How do you handle people trying to tilt you
Frequently, they're not so much trying to anger you, they're actually trying to distract you.
By getting you over-focussed on their annoyance, they prevent you from focusing on your own game the way you need to in order to make your best decisions. So whether you're angry or not, you're still missing things and taking too little time to consider your strategic choices. That is their intent. If you're too susceptible to this, you probably just want to find another game. People who do this aren't actually trying to push you off the table, they're trying to keep you at the table while taking your money. If you leave, they lose -- they're left having to start all over again with the next player who takes the seat. So if other games are available, I'd just quietly ask the floorperson for a table change, then fold quietly or maybe just take a "break" until a table change comes open. Then smile and move to a better game. If the problem keeps up at a new table, however, it's probably because other players are seeing that this strategy works against you -- and that's a significant problem with your game. Talk less, slow down, take your time and consider your decisions more fully. Make an effort to stay focussed and REALLY play your best poker, and let the chatter get frustrated and start shifting their attention to someone else. Lastly, if all else fails, you might want to just pack it in and try another room for your next few sessions (best way to get rid of a bad table image is to move to a new place where you don't have one yet [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ). Anyway, just some thoughts off the top of my head, hope some of it helps. gl. q/q
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#8
12-07-2006, 08:45 PM
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Re: How do you handle people trying to tilt you
I try to tilt them by trying to find out if they have any recent deaths in the family and then making fun of that family member.
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#10
12-10-2006, 09:34 AM
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Re: How do you handle people trying to tilt you
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I try to tilt them by trying to find out if they have any recent deaths in the family and then making fun of that family member. [/ QUOTE ] That is Hilarious. If im playing live and some douche says something about me playing tight, which does happen from time to time, i just smile dont say anything and chuckle to myself when he limps J4o utg next hand. Playing online, just turn chat off.
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