How do you stop from going on tilt when . . .

[bigfatbastard]

How do you stop from going on tilt when this sort of sh!t happens?BB (c.11750) [after rebuy and add-on]LP (c.12100)Blinds 200/400(starting stack 6K, current average below 9K)Two early position limpers, around to LP who raises to 2000. Folds to BB who flat calls, others fold. Flop comes QT7 rainbow, BB opens for 2000, LP pushes all-in.BB thinks, counts out his stack several times, asks for a count from LP, sees that he is covered and may be calling for everything he has, his tournament life, . . . . . and then calls.LP turns over 77BB turns over KJ offsuit!Naturally the A comes (on the turn) and LP is crippled.How does LP not go postal after this?What advice do you offer LP to get over such things?BFB

[Doctor Straight]

You're going broke this hand whatever happens. You probablyhad BB on a stronger calling hand than KJ when he calledthe pre-flop raise to 2000- you would have been hoping he hadAQ on that flop of QT7. He's 1 in 3 to hit his open ended straight, so from his pointof view his call for tournament life of his last 7,750 chipsinto a pot of 16,000 isn't too much under the odds. His little2,000 leadout has pretty much priced him into the call. He'sgetting 2.3 to 1 on a 3 to 1 chance- under the odds, but I'veseen worse.By the time he faces his all-in call he's committed 4,000 of hisoriginal 11,750 chips, so he's in for 30% of his stack and couldfeel pot committed. You got your money in with the best of it, unfortunately you wereup against just about the only hand which could call in thissituation.I once went through a bad period where I had four sets in a rowoutdrawn by flushes or straights, then a fifth one where thestraight was already there on the flop. It was a frustrating timefor me, poker-wise.

[JoeyDel]

I think the best thing to do is to eat cheese burgers and collect rare ancient coins.

[Puzz]

Stop playing poker..LOLThis happened to me at PNC main even, except we both had massive stacks and the APL player pushed all in with a gutshot. LOL...yeah needless to say cheeseburgers were consumed at dinner time.

[ShiRi]

Cry... then realise your a wuss and play the next hand the best way you can

[TheSharkBoy]

Carey FTW.

It's not like it's the worst beat ever... you have to suck it in, realise you outplayed someone and he got lucky, and keep that in mind next time.

[Hannibal]

Is that Doctor Straight or did BlueBear hijack you account.
Where did all this maths come from??

[Echoplex]

Forget about the maths sometimes you have to think like the fish does, in this case you got unlucky and you played it well.

The fish played it about as bad as you can but this is what he is thinking.

Fish with KJ: "Late position raiser... book say defend I defend and call"
Real world: "You are calling a massive raise from out of position, you will be out of position for the entire hand, and with a hand like KJ you are prob dominated"

Fish with KJ: "oh look a straight draw... he must have AK or a small pair let’s bet out at him and get him to fold, the books say I need to be aggressive with draws sometimes."
Real world: "Again you’re out of position and have no idea what the raiser has; instead of checking to get a possible free card you instead choose to commit yourself to this pot now. may the force be with you" (some may argue about this, some advocate betting into the raiser here.. me I tend to leave that trick to cash games.. I hate committing myself in a tourney with only a draw)

Fish with KJ: "Wow he went all in I must be beat.... damn... oh but I am pot committed and I haven't hit a straight in a while I am due...”
Real World: "In the spot you are lucky to have 8 outs clean, and you are facing possible re-draws even if you hit you’re straight... true you are committed now so now you have to put in good money after bad"

Fish with KJ: "Look an ACE on the turn... man I am good! I am glad I read those books"

The End.

- JC