Wednesday, October 05, 2005
A session with Tilt Blocker 2000!
I have seen some posts on 2+2 in the past about something called Tilt Blocker 2000. I just thought they were joke posts about some imaginary product that reduced tilt induced behavior after a bad beat. So I skipped over those threads. Come to find out, this product really isn't a parody or joke, it's real.
The concept is simple. The program is simple. What does the program do? Nothing really, but it's damn near genius. Sort of like Seinfeld.
Basically, all Tilt Blocker 2000 does is bring up a little grey box on your monitor that you put over top your dollar count when playing online poker. This box will always stay on top where you cannot tell if you're winning or losing. This supposedly helps reduce tilt. Hey, after last month, I'll try anything twice.
So I downloaded this little program and tried it out last night. I have to say, I'm thoroughly impressed with the concept. I played 4 tables with Tilt Blocker covering my chipstack on each table. After about 10 minutes, I had no concept of whether I was winning or losing. I did have Poker Tracker running so it could import my hands and update my Poker Ace HUD display. However, I never checked poker tracker until after I finished my session to see what the results where.
After about 30 minutes, it started driving me nuts. I couldn't tell where I stood at each table. I felt like I was losing big time. I had lost some nice pots. But I won some decent ones too. I was card dead most of the night and just not catching any flops.
After my session was done, just for shits and giggles, I made a guesstimate of my winnings. I guessed I lost $100 or $110. When I finally revealed my results: -$11. Even though it was a loss, I was pleased with that result.
I'm going to keep using Tilt Blocker because I like how it makes you focus on playing cards rather than focus on whether you're winning or losing. I really want to try it when I can put in a nice 1000 hand session. It's a great tool if you're subject to going on Tilt when things go wrong. However, I wouldn't recommend it to No Limit players. I think it's pretty important to know your chipstack size playing NL.