I always think that tilt can be caused by numerous different things. Firstly one of the main reasons players tilt is that they have probably not travelled far enough down the evolutionary road to true poker expertise and are expecting their skill to dominate too much. This is a problem with poker that simply does [...]
These days when everybody seems to be playing decent poker then other areas of the game elevate in importance. One such area is emotional control and there are various names for this of which the main one is called “tilt”. This term has come into common usage in recent years with the influx of new [...]
There is no doubt that slowplaying a poker hand in Texas Holdem is deceptive. When you check then you are implying weakness and when you imply weakness then you are throwing your opponents a curve ball so to speak. However is slowplaying always necessary? If you have a very powerful hand then checking is creating [...]