Tilt is good!
Ok, the general consensus is that tilting is bad. Personally, I think tilt is a necessary part of the learning process and if properly managed can lead to great results. (can you tell I've been tiltling lately -- lol -- flame away!)
First I need to define tilt, as I interpret it. Tilt is deviating from your normal play because of negative emotions.
I don't believe anyone is the best poker player they can be. So, everyone needs to change their game to improve. Now, do you really need to "tilt" to make the changes or is it better to just try things others (pros, friends, wacky posters, etc.) suggest, or plays you notice that are successful. I'm a tactile learner, so I find I need to do both -- tilt and learn from others.
When I tilt, I tend to push things to the extreme. It's very similar to the learning process in children. I noticed something interesting, as I watch my six year old daughter play Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (way cool BTW), or Reader Rabbit Math games. She starts with what she should do. Then she quickly experiments -- she thinks, hmm... what if I put an entrace to the ride on the roller coaster, but leave the stairs off the exit. Well, the result is quite humerous and we have a laugh when the guests "fall off" the ride. It's amazing how she experiments and quickly learns so many features about the game. And her "experiments" push things to the extreme -- putting a 100 animals in one exhibit in Zoo Tycoon. You really never know where the edge is, if you don't fall off the cliff.
I think Tilt brings us back to our childhood learning process. However, I think most of us try to forget what happened when we tilted. Personally, I've learned more from my tilting that I have from all the books I've read. Note, I could not have done that without the books/advice/etc. However, tilting allows me to experiment.
There are two important things to note -- 1) have an escape mechanism, to get out of the tilt mode. If you stay there too long, it becomes the norm and it's very bad, 2) look back and think about what you learned on your tilt session.
IMO, embrace tilt.
Cheers
Magi
First I need to define tilt, as I interpret it. Tilt is deviating from your normal play because of negative emotions.
I don't believe anyone is the best poker player they can be. So, everyone needs to change their game to improve. Now, do you really need to "tilt" to make the changes or is it better to just try things others (pros, friends, wacky posters, etc.) suggest, or plays you notice that are successful. I'm a tactile learner, so I find I need to do both -- tilt and learn from others.
When I tilt, I tend to push things to the extreme. It's very similar to the learning process in children. I noticed something interesting, as I watch my six year old daughter play Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (way cool BTW), or Reader Rabbit Math games. She starts with what she should do. Then she quickly experiments -- she thinks, hmm... what if I put an entrace to the ride on the roller coaster, but leave the stairs off the exit. Well, the result is quite humerous and we have a laugh when the guests "fall off" the ride. It's amazing how she experiments and quickly learns so many features about the game. And her "experiments" push things to the extreme -- putting a 100 animals in one exhibit in Zoo Tycoon. You really never know where the edge is, if you don't fall off the cliff.
I think Tilt brings us back to our childhood learning process. However, I think most of us try to forget what happened when we tilted. Personally, I've learned more from my tilting that I have from all the books I've read. Note, I could not have done that without the books/advice/etc. However, tilting allows me to experiment.
There are two important things to note -- 1) have an escape mechanism, to get out of the tilt mode. If you stay there too long, it becomes the norm and it's very bad, 2) look back and think about what you learned on your tilt session.
IMO, embrace tilt.
Cheers
Magi