1. Love of Poker
It is possible to win with basic knowledge, but like in other cases, only those can achieve great success, who like the activity very much that they pursuit. Could Michael Jordan reach this level if he tosses a few baskets only at the weekend? Would Bill Gates be successful if he had written some software only in his free time? Those people are absolutely determined and devoted to their work.
This doesn’t mean that playing average 8 hours daily is necessarily important, or that you should speculate about poker every minute of the day, but it is necessary to seek the opportunity for regular development. If you never stop studying, there will be success for sure.
2. Keeping Control over Life
· Eating in a healthy way
· Sleeping on a regular basis
· Doing some sports
· Staying active in the other parts of life
· Keeping personal contacts
These are more important, than you would think at first.
Poker, like life in general, is a game of decisions. According to my experience control can be kept over decisions at the poker table if everything is all right in our private life. Conflicts with our loved ones, too much work and stress can test our skills of choosing the right alternative. This is particularly true for online poker. It’s much easier to lose our head at home, alone far from restraining forces if we have some mood swings and emotional problems.
So many things can happen at the poker table that we can’t influence. The total control can be kept only over our decisions. If someone is satisfied with his life this can be seen at the poker table as well. He feels that he is able to control the table: changes his style, speed at the right moment, raises if it’s time to raise, folds if it’s time to fold, so he made the first step towards being a successful poker player
3. Master of Bankroll Management
He knows how to use his money, he chooses the right stakes.
4. Life-long Learning and Analyzing Mistakes with the Help of Others
Use the forum frequently: send hands to analyze, answer other’s questions and ask also. Get to know people with whom you can analyze the possible mistakes. Always be critical of yourself and take the advice of those who you can trust.
5. Coping with Losing Streaks
Most players blame various circumstances if they lose. It’s impossible to judge objectively how good a player is until we see how well he copes with the losing streaks. Taking this quality the best players are very different from the average.
6. Being Honest to yourself
Make statistics regularly, the numbers never lie. Almost three times more players think more about themselves. Don’t be one of them.
7. Attention to the Details
He doesn’t overlook the details; he pays attention even if he is not in the hand. In this way he can get information that later can be valuable.
8. Good Memory
A good poker player can memorize the basic strategies, which work and which don’t work in certain situations.
9. Controlling the Emotions Totally
Others can’t see us at home when we jump up off our chair and we swear at our opponents after one bad beat, but it influences our game when we are nervous. If someone can stay calm is on the right track.
10. Intelligent
A winning player is able to create, apply different strategies, to adjust his style to the opponent player.
11. Good Sympathetic Abilities
A good player understands what others feel and the way they think. He often finds out the opponents steps in advance.
12. Fearless
A good player is not afraid of the step even if it is risky. He doesn’t insist on his money, but he doesn’t go too far and doesn’t become bold either.
13. Good Performances Under Pressure
We often have difficult decision taking situations. We have only few seconds in online poker before our top pairs are folded and at the same time at the other table AKs was reraised preflop. A good poker player even in these special situations can make a good decision.
14. Aggressive
Aggression is a trade mark for a good player. This often helps to win pots without good hands. A good player doesn't let their opponents draw cheaply and can get big pots with their strong hands.
15. Competitive Type, Motivated
Those who don’t enjoy the winning, or don’t really need money are in a difficult situation. Without motivation you can get lazy, which reflects in your income as well.
16. Survival Type, Independent
Several fancy marketing speeches are available and you can get misleading information, so a winning player never accepts advice without considering it.
17. Optimistic
Someone who doesn’t believe in being able to win, attracting good things can’t have a chance.
18. Consistent
Despite a losing streak the good poker player keep doing his best while playing his hands. He doesn’t hesitate about strategic questions.
19. Leaving High Self-esteem off the Poker Table
This game is not about ego, but entirely about money. Try recognizing when your standard of playing is decreasing, let’s try to play better or stop playing. Don’t give the pleasure to your opponents to have easy time against you. When a good player is losing, he doesn’t try to win back at any price all his money at the same day, and he doesn’t blame the others for the loss.
20. Emotionless
Good players are often cold and calculating. They listen to others’ bad beat stories only to get their money, and they want to keep them in the game, or they just simple enjoy their opponents’ torture. |
