I appreciate the advice - that's what I was looking for. I think my post was exactly 15000 characters, which is the limit :P
Anyway, yes, my play has been on play money tables, but the players I have been playing against play for real money, and they play the play money tables as though it were real cash. I'm sure they would be even tighter in a cash money game, but they are still very good players because they play for real money. More of my experience has been sng's and tourneys, because I want to practice against people who want to play, not against the 3k an hour all-in's. Now, I'm not disagreeing with you - I'm definitely not trying to nullify or argue against your point, but I think the people I have played against are pretty tight, even with play money, because they are playing for pride's sake, and for practice. You can't reload chips in a tournament!
As far as tilt goes, I was talking about in a tourney - I'm not concerned when I play the play money tables - I don't tilt much there, because I can reload chips. In fact, I have made many 'bad' bets on purpose - I have called when I thought I shouldn't, just so I could see my opponent's cards, to see if I made the right call in my head (even though I lost the hand) because that way, I build self confidence, knowing that I was right, and that I would have been justified to fold. As far as taking a break, in a tourney, I can't usually afford to walk away for an hour, but I think a 5 minute break will help - I'll try it next time - thanks again for that.
The tilt problem I have is more a feeling of being overwhelmed - I basically feel like I don't have enough experience to believe that I should be as good as I have been. I hope that made sense. I just don't think I should be doing as well as I am with just a week's experience, but I am, and that's what is throwing me.
I am now going to sign up for cash money games and see what happens. I'll get back to you to let you know how I do. I've bookmarked poker host and will check there first before I invest $50 US at pokerstars (I'm in Canada and its probably about $65Cdn) and blow it all !
Thank you thank you and thank you
