I would check out The Mental Game Of Poker by Jared Tendler and our learning path, with a list of elite and essential videos, on the mental game of poker which can be found here.

Also, try moving up. I don't see much upside to playing 400k hands at NL2 when you're beating it for an ok/good clip already.

Thank you very much James.

I agree with James and for me I find the biggest part to combat this is having some set goals to work towards. Which is why I think the try to move up advice is great.

Lastgamer9, besides everyone said here, I recommend you to play short sessions, for example 30min sessions, take a break and then play more 30min. Also, try to fully occupy your mind with every info you see on the tables, observe every stack, every action, take notes, etc. By doing this you shall play more focused, make less mistakes and feel more comfortable that you didn't have any distractions when playing.

Rafal, i'am generally struggling with the same problem. I know what tilt is, I know that bad players are really needed in the field, I read the books, but still loose my mind and tilt when loosing 5 buyins in 200 hands to some spazzer...
What works best for me (however, I am not always consistent enough to do it...) is:
- regular breaks (after about 50 mins play at least 10 minutes break)
- longer break (like 30 mins) or just quitting the session when I feel tilted
Time always heals ;)

BR, Sylwester

Hi Rafal,

Agree with other comments 3bb/100 with a high rake is actually pretty decent. It's probably around 9bb/100 without rake taken out. I think you should be pretty proud of that. Especially if it includes your play when you are tilting as described in your post. Make sure that the bad calls that you describe are actually bad. It's possible they are good but that you are focusing on the results too much and the calls are +ev vs villains entire range. Remember we can and lose more than 1/2 the time and still have made a profitable call. This can totally play tricks on your mind when they keep showing you the goods. I guess at these stakes though most of the time they have it and we should be folding a lot more than at the higher stakes. The more time you put into understanding these spots that are tilting you, the less likely they will trigger your tilt in the future. It might help to make notes on how you are feeling during a session. Then you may be able to spot your own patterns. Everyone has different triggers, so you need to understand what yours are. This is really a lot harder than it sounds and will take time and some honest reflection with yourself after a session. You also need to make sure you do other stuff with your life to keep everything in perspective. Regards moving up in stakes. I think you need to experiment and find out what works for you, but I'd make a plan to set a loss limit in buy ins and then move down and rebuild and then have another go. repeat, repeat.
Element of Poker by Tommy Angelo is quite a good book on mental game issues too.

Best of luck

Thank you to all of you guys, I really appreciate it. I will try my best to implement the advices you given me. I will also start to post the hands that confuses me because I don't really have anyone to share poker strategy with. Thank you once again for all responses.

Witam Rafal,

Some great advice in the thread already but I thought I would add my 2 cents.
First of all, don't let the fact that you get emotional about losing affect your overall life. It would be inhumane to completely block out anger when continually losing and getting unlucky. I think for a lot of players tilt becomes a serious issue because they are too hard on themselves over being tilted.

I suggest finding an activity that you can completely isolate you from thinking about poker. What has always worked for me was the gym - taking out your anger through physical exercise is a great way to keep your mind healthy.

Don't make your life all about poker, set smaller goals elsewhere and keep a balanced life - if you have successes in other areas it will translate into higher confidence at the tables.

Pozdrawiam ;)

Dzięki Krzychu. Exercise is always a good idea :)