Great post aok,

I played my first real money online game last night and already I can see that what you say is spot on.

Before I played last night I had spent a lot of time on this site and others trying to garnish information from all the seasoned players who so willingly offer up tips. I had heard many stories of people testifying the dangers of 'tilt' and of course I myself vowed that it would never happen to me!

However things seemed to change last night when my chips were in. After having QQ beat by J9 that hit trip 9s on the river I didn't seem to notice my attitude morph into one of '**** this'. Next hand I stupidly proceeded to go all-in on top pair with A kicker, even though I knew the dangers, promptly loosing me my last $3.

Its through posts like yours though, that I realise that the fact that I have realised what I did and can perhaps try to fix the situation the next time it occurs (and I'm sure it will) is worth more then any ammount of $3 chip stacks. And so to a certain extent, even though I lost last night I perhaps gained something more important. (Ahhh...)

So heres to striving for poker perfection high in the sky! Keep up the good work!