Tilting Can Also Occur If You are Constantly Folding
By David Wesley
“Tilt” is a poker term for a state of mental confusion or frustration in which a player knowingly adopts a sub-optimal, over-aggressive strategy. It usually happens after a series of bad beats. All poker
players have experienced “tilt” at one time or another. Your trip 7′s being beat out by trip 8′s, your Ace-high straight beat out on the river by a flush draw, and probably the most painful (but now the most desired due to meaty bad beat jackpots) your quad fives beat by quad kings .
Tilting Can Also Occur If You are Constantly Folding
You can also “tilt” over missed opportunities. This happens when you are playing way too tight and missing out on huge profits when say, the 3-4 offsuit that you folded in mid-position connects with the flop when the board reads 3-3-4. Have you ever noticed an opponent fuming or ranting about the hand they folded that would have given them a monster by the river? Pay attention when your opponents discuss this because you can take advantage of them later on. These risk-averse super tight players will usually fold directly to a semi-bluff. They may also be” tilting” from seeing the money they could have won stacked up in front of their opponent.
Using Implied Odds to See The Flop
Over this past Labor Day weekend, I went to South Lake Tahoe for a friend’s wedding and stayed in Reno for one night to play 3-6 limit poker. I “tilted” after folding a hand
before the flop that I had implied odds with. Implied odds take into consideration the money currently in the pot plus an estimation of the money you can win if you hit your draw. I ignored my pot odds out of fear of not hitting my hand. I was on the button when the player “under the gun” bet and a middle position player raised to six dollars. I called and the blinds folded. When the action returned to the previous better, he raised it again to nine dollars and Ms. Middle Position capped the betting at 12 dollars. So I would have to invest two more bets to see the flop holding suited Q-9 of diamonds. When betting is capped, you are most likely dealing with players holding one of the strongest starting hands— A-A, K-K, Q-Q, J-J, A-Ks, or A-Qs. Knowing this information, I folded my hand. It was a big mistake. The flop came out Kd-Jd-4c, giving me a flush draw and a straight flush draw. My toes curled in disbelief and I had to leave the table highly frustrated when I saw my case diamond hit on the turn. The two players still in the hand kept re-raising each other. Mr. Under the Gun turned over pocket jacks and Ms. Middle Position turned over K-K for a set of kings. She raked in about $80 on that one hand. I would have won with a Queen high flush.
In poker, you are always dealing with incomplete information. If you fear losing money and are folding too much, you will inevitably lose all your money and allow your opponents to bluff you more. They will sense your weakness and take advantage of it. Calculating your implied odds can improve your critical thinking skills when making decisions and improve your profits when you are running well. Good luck at the tables.
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