The winner’s tilt can make everything you had accumulated vanish almost without you noticing
Every poker player has a different way of facing the game and its swings. Some, when facing a bad streak, stop playing for a while to clear their minds, while others do not know any other way to fight the downswing than grinding. But there are also those who, in an attempt to lie to themselves, stop playing when they are winning and force themselves to play until they turn the numbers around when they are losing. This artificial way of “prolonging” winning streaks could do you a lot of harm.
This type of behavior only causes you to spend most of your time playing poker trying to recover your losses from each session. At the same time, every time you win you are constantly looking over your shoulder not to lose those winnings, instead of going after more or simply enjoying the winnings.
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This may sound somewhat ridiculous to some, but they would be surprised at the number of players who play with this modus operandi. And this is due to a simple reason: they have not been able to accept the emotional experience that loss entails.
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Learning to deal with these emotions is essential, especially in a game like poker. If you fail to do so, you will do everything possible to avoid losses at all costs, even knowing that this would mean missing out on a great opportunity to win more.
If you learn to identify these moments, you will start leaving the tables when you really feel you are not in a favorable situation in terms of EV and not just when you lose a few dollars. Likewise, you will not leave the table when you have already won a little, but you will stay to exploit opportunities to win more money when you find them.
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