The Only Man in the World Who Eats Breakfast On Tilt
March 29th, 2006 | Published in Live play
Channel 5 here in the UK showed the second semi-final of the Party Poker European Open a few days ago. Host Jesse May has been introducing a series of thirty-second instructional clips from Phil Hellmuth each week. It’s obvious stuff usually, but the latest one is stunning because (drum roll please) it features Phil Hellmuth giving a lecture about … how to avoid going on tilt!!
Here’s a transcript, including Jesse’s deeply sarcastic segue:
Jesse: Tilt is tough, there’s no doubt about it. But one player who knows a bit about tilt – in fact he’s the only person in the world who eats breakfast on tilt – former world champion Phil Hellmuth.
(Cut to Phil)
Phil: Playing on tilt. Showing emotion at the table. (Sarcastically) Now I wouldn’t know anything about that! I get very emotional at the table and sometimes it costs me a lot of chips. Sometimes though, I can act emotional when I’m really strong. So I think that controlling tilt is an important thing. Letting your emotions flow is an important thing too. But you can’t let it affect the way you play your hands. So if you feel you’re on tilt, count your chips. (Phil mimes counting chips). That’s simple, it puts your mind back in the game. Count your chips a couple of times, then maybe pick up your cards with just your left hand. When you do that, you tend to fold more. Those are two good ways to get off tilt.
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Quite what left-handed players are meant to do in this situation, I don’t know. Just don’t let tilt affect the way you play your hands folks!! You heard the man.
[tags]Jesse May, Phil Hellmuth, poker, tilt[/tags]