Topic: Tilt in gambling - page 5. (Read 705 times)

There is a big contradiction in your post when you ask why people like to gamble and that you never thought you would, but then you say that you played for change as a child already! If I had to guess I would say that you started earlier than most of the gamblers.

It is excitement right? And it is also pleasure, but it becomes more serious when money is involved. If it was only for pleasure you could actually join an online casino and play with play money, but hardly anyone does that. It is also not realistic if there is nothing at risk. When I tried out the first online poker platform, I thought I use my play money and check out the platform a bit. You can do that for the platform itself, but not for the game. If nobody risks anything of value, it is an all in gamble nonstop.

As soon as everyone has to put something into the pot, you can see that many players evolve as they start putting some thought into their decisions and the game becomes strategical. That's not going to happen if really nothing is at risk. So I think money (or something else of value) is a central element to these games that is required to evoke strategic thinking in the players. The chance to take home a big prize in the end has always been a great incentive. When you go to a fun fair and you try to catch a stuffed animal in these glass boxes with these crane grabs, it's in essence also a gamble that you have to put money into at first in order to get the chance to win something.

I guess we human beings love to challenge the luck factor that may or may not lead us to our goals the fastest.

Easy to say but when you are in a situation or condition on which you are losing that much then it is really that hard to stop midway on which you would really be thinking up mainly that you should be trying out
to cope or recover losses on which it cant really be avoided that you wont really be having those kind of actions on where you would really be that get angry whenever you dont expect
on what are those outcome.It is really just that normal on having this kind of reaction where getting that high blood and impulsive reaction.It is really that easy to say on
making yourself calm but when you are on the situation then it is already that hard.

Okay.

Children thinks that it's ok to do such because they don't recognize that they're gambling. I have my own story as well and basically that's under on the teenager and legal age days.

And I think we all have our fair share stories about gambling during the old times and those were the days we're all young and curious. No pressure and no obligation. But as we grow older, a simple lose and struggle of getting a win is tilting us easily.

Trying to control yourself and stay calm while gambling can help you overcome tension, especially if you experience consecutive losses. It is indeed difficult to remain cool-headed while playing gambling, but at least we have to be able to try so that we don't experience the effects of gambling, namely emotions that increase until we can't handle it. And if you are playing in a room alone, you should already have limits on gambling, meaning when you start and stop gambling. But usually, that will only trigger us to play longer because no one knows what we are doing and when we see that there is still money in our account, we tend to use it to continue playing gambling. And before things get worse, we must stop and leave our rooms to get some fresh air and calm our emotions. Likewise, if we succeed in getting a victory, we must stop immediately before thinking about continuing because we want another victory.

This is basically out of control with your self, the best way to handle this is to stop for a moment whatever you are doing and get some fresh air from the outside or take a cigarette break if you want to cool your head. The more you are playing when you are not in control of yourself will lead you to more losses and tilted/tilting is part of the game and remember that gambling isn't design to make money it was designed for entertainment with the possibility to win the game of course since that's entertainment.

and sometimes when you are losing, you have that blood rush on you trying to recover what you've lost. indeed, it is hard to remain cool when you are on the losing side. you need to check yourself from time to time if you are still on track with your games. and how far are you going to spend your money? always best if you are only playing with your extra money so even if you are on the losing side, you won't be too aggressive in getting it back.
some are too adamant to get it back because the money they are using are not them, or borrowed, or from their monthly bills.

Is not easy to maintain a cool head when gambling and especially when you are on a loosing streak. At first reading this post, all memories of my actions when loosing just flash back in my head and I won't lie it made me smile abit. I would tell and advice to just switch off and pause when losing and try to keep yourself busy by watching movies but it ain't easy to do but if you manage it's rather effective and try funny movies as it would help relax the nerves and make you forget the grief and feeling of lost.

There's always a time when the thread snapped on which you could really be able to punch up a wallet or bang up something that around you which is really a common reaction or things to be done when you do lost a certain bet.I agree on what most people been saying on here is that we are just human beings on which it is really normal to have these reactions where losing money is something that could make you
angry or really that been disappointed. Tilting when it comes to emotions is really that very common but if you are really that coming for entertainment then it wont really matter
that much but reactions like  this is common.

  Ha ha a player should always have a mouse in reserve) she suffers first and foremost from our Tilt

That's also like me before that every time I lose, I even tap on my table or the wall whenever I don't see the result that I'm expecting.

This is normal behavior of disappointment but if it's being done on a daily basis, this is unhealthy. I've been there and done that and that have felt me terribly bad that I'm into that point that it keeps disappointed at all times.

But it has to stop so I have to control myself and emotions that's being made. As of now, I'm no longer easily tilt with average results because of my bets.

^How did you overcome it?
Probably the very basic action that you need is to take a break, step away from the game, and clear your mind. You can also try some relaxation techniques such as deep breathing or meditation to help you calm down and regain focus. People should enjoy gambling for various reasons but not become a victim of this tilt because this is all upon you how you can handle, it is self-control.

I agree with you Children should not gamble!  I think children even in simple games are very gambling, take an innocent game - Get the toy out of the machine, the child will not leave until he gets his way, even though he does not need it at all.  When we played cards we were about 8 years old, it was an innocent game to me, but my sister loved money)

Really common to have that kind of impression on which there's really a time on where emotions could really be that evident or something that you could really be able to express it out and making out those impulsive

actions.I have done it how many times on where i had been punching up my monitor or slamming out my keyboard on the time that do experience some huge losses in gambling.
You cant really be making sure that you are really that in good mood on every day.There's always a time that you would really get pissed no matter
how you do have that kind of self discipline or control. 

All the time.

For example, playing Live Game Casino (Baccarat). You're got 8 and then the other got 9, any kind of lose who only have different 1 number always make me tilted punch some tamble or my mouse.

I mean, I accepted the lose but the lose like this just make me mad ~LOL.

I have become a victim to tilt way back,it is when you are impatient and start chasing your lost,before you know it your account is bankrupt. Self-control is all it takes to avoid been trapped, when you are losing straight ten games or more,it a sign that you should take a break from gambling at that moment and try again later.

Setting a budget for your gambling activities can also help you to stay safe from this. Addiction can make a gambler empty his account, that is why as a gambler,I prevent any gambling practice that will lead me to addiction.

Yes, if only wisdom could protect against gambling addiction. Most gamblers who cannot control their emotions have a gambling addiction of one degree or another and as real life shows even a gray-haired sage can lose all his money in a casino and then come back to win back his past losses and lose again. So I wouldn't get my hopes up too much for age, wisdom and experience. It's all very individual.

If you are a very competitive person who can't accept taunts from other people it can be really hard to keep calm in gambling, especially in PvP games, but you have to train your mental skills to cool down your emotions when you feel enraged by a loss or provocation, otherwise I fear that is not the kind of activity you can get involved with, for your own good. When we are younger, more exactly during the childhood, it's more common to face such "tilting" issues, but normally we tend to evolve on this aspect within time, as we grow older, wiser and more experient.

Correct, that's what I will do, walk for hours, just try to clear my mind specially if I made a bad bet because I no longer have control of my emotions. So it's really hard for gamblers to control our thoughts, our decision are clouded when we have experienced this phenomena of tilting. Hard to overcome, even if you are experienced gambler and you thought that you know what you are doing, there will be times that you lost control.

So just take a stroll, breathe and don't come back in gambling. You need to clear your mind first before you make another bet. Or better, just stay away from it for several days and see how it goes for you.

I definitely experience tilt when playing poker because it requires such intense concentration over a long period of time, or at least in the way that I played it. Others have probably mastered a more peaceful strategy, but for me it felt inevitable - you want to keep scraping out a profit, but then you get bored after a few hours of no profit play, make a few bluffs or bad calls and suddenly lose a massive part of your bankroll. Online play is very difficult for me, because you have to be razor sharp all the time as pros and fish move around the tables. It's possible to master given enough time but you need to have more patience than people who might be earning good at $3 an hour in comparison to others in their country.

It seems to me that almost every gambler loses his temper from time to time during gambling. In my opinion only negative experiences (big losses) make you think about changing your behavior, and in fact we can say that only a small part of gamblers can learn to fully control their emotions and therefore stop tilt. Unfortunately I still have not learned how to fully control my emotions both in trading and gambling, but I have progress compared to a few years ago.