The Flawed Premise...

On a recent edition of "The Nuts," during the 2007 WSOP Main Event broadcast, Lon McEachern stated that no matter what you do, eventually, you're going to go on "Tilt."

Wrong!!!

In poker, tilt is defined as a state of mind where logical thinking goes out the window, and you start playing irrationally, eventually donking off all your chips, and eliminating yourself from contention. A lesser state is referred to as steaming. I guess when you lose to a bad beat, your blood starts to boil. Well, not literally.

I've heard that bad beats are a part of the game, and there's really no good way to avoid them, as if you play long enough and hard enough, you'll eventually take a few.

But it should be easy to avoid tilt. Simply don't let the bad beats, inferior plays, or inferior players, get to you. I'm sure everyone's seen video of Phil Hellmuth Jr. melting down after someone sucks out on him. As, it happens so very often. His style of play creates these situations, and yet, he continues to go along as if nothing's wrong.

You think he'd learn....