In chapter 14 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler breaks down revenge tilt as a form of anger that targets specific opponents and pushes you into “payback” decisions that sacrifice EV for the satisfaction of regaining control. What Revenge Tilt Is Revenge tilt shows up when you feel wronged by a player and…
In chapter 13 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler explains entitlement tilt as anger and bad decisions that come from believing you deserve to win—because you’re smarter, work harder, have more experience, or have a stronger track record. What Entitlement Tilt Looks Like Entitlement tilt treats winning like something you already “own.” When…
In chapter 12 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler explains mistake tilt as frustration about errors that becomes so intense it harms decision-making, creates more mistakes, and ironically slows the learning needed to fix the leaks. What Makes Mistake Tilt Different Feeling annoyed after a mistake can be normal—and sometimes useful if it…
In chapter 11 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler explains hate-losing tilt as anger that comes less from how you lose and more from the simple fact that you lost—because losing threatens things you care about far beyond the chips in the pot. Why This Tilt Is So Common in Poker Poker forces…
In chapter 10 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler explains injustice tilt as anger fueled by a sense that poker outcomes are unfair—especially during stretches of bad beats, coolers, and repeated losses—and shows how it often comes from biased interpretation of results rather than the events themselves. What Injustice Tilt Feels Like This…
In chapter 9 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler explains why “running bad” often creates the most destructive form of tilt, how it snowballs through accumulation, and how to build routines and thinking habits that keep you stable and playing well during long downswings. Why Running Bad Tilt Feels So Brutal Tendler describes…
In chapter 8 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler breaks tilt down into something specific, solvable, and trackable by defining it as anger that leads to bad play, then showing how to diagnose its causes and systematically remove them. A Clear Definition of Tilt Tendler argues that the usual poker definition of tilt…
In chapter 7 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler adds practical tools that support resolution and make long-term mental game improvement more measurable, organized, and effective. Tracking Your Mental Game Progress Because there is no software to track mindset the way poker software tracks hands, Tendler stresses the need to measure improvement manually….
In chapter 6 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler explains Resolution as the long-term solution to mental game problems—the process of training correct thinking so deeply that emotional reactions no longer appear in the first place. What Resolution Means Resolution happens when the faulty beliefs or habits behind a mental game problem are…
In chapter 5 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler presents Injecting Logic as a practical strategy for staying in control when emotions start to interfere with your play, and as a bridge toward fixing the deeper mental game problems that create those emotions. What “Injecting Logic” Means Players naturally talk to themselves when…
