Good Poker: Talent Or Discipline?
Defining talent is an amorphous undertaking. A person’s potentiality quotient is shown by the goal he is aiming for and how close he comes to reaching it. Relying on pure talent to accomplish a goal may work if the goal requires very low standards or is quite simplistic. What separates the good player from the bad in any arena is the intestinal fortitude and tenacity to thoroughly educate themselves on the subject at hand. Almost everyone has potential and may even know their talents, but they do not have the discipline to pursue them.
Top players take a hard look at their abilities and do not run from the strenuous and unfamiliar. They are their own best critics and care about becoming ever better at whatever it is they do. The big winners. as well as everyone else that plays the game. have a sense of what talented play is relative to current poker tradition. What separates them is that they reach beyond whatever talent they have to impose upon themselves a rigorous pattern of discipline.
Successful players practice, practice, practice and learn abundantly from it. This experience and self-education translates into efficient methods of handling every given situation.
So, talent is disciplined, and undisciplined talent is luck. Your basic amateur is heavily dependent on luck. Taking a chance is the thrill that keeps them at the table. The pro with disciplined talent is hell-bent on reducing chance to the lowest point possible. He is not interested in adrenaline rushes or surprises with the odd win. The pro’s objective is to empty his opponents’ wallets on a consistent basis, no matter how weak or strong the opponents may be. He is doing battle against chance and against the proven methods of good players.
Method begins with self-analysis. If you can’t stand recording your weak points, you will never learn. Indeed, many people cling to activities they are no good at and will not be convinced that they would do much better at some other game or practice. Often people are so much interested to be actually good at something as to indulge the fantasy of good living. That is why there will always be good business in poker for the professional player.
A professional poker player will start out by determining which poker to play. Limit poker is far more challenging than no-limit poker. Limit poker, to be played successfully, calls on a player’s patience and cautiousness. It requires time to gain experience to gradually build knowledge and strategies of play in many situations. No-limit poker is the antithesis, requiring seemingly random bouts of aggressive behavior while maintaining control and playing in a cool, calculated manner.
Cockiness is a common flaw among amateurs allowing them to play without restraint. The concentration is on the knowledge that they are “good” players and do not ever run into a losing situation where they should fold up their tent. On the other hand if you are the kind of player who is not impressed with yourself, but your goal is to win lots of hands consistently, you know well when to beat a hasty retreat and cut your losses.
It happens to everybody; sometimes the pressure may be too much to handle, but the good player will be able to recognize this and will always prevent the situation from becoming worse by drawing the right limit.
The author is a successful limit cash game player. He plays poker online and receives Paradise Rakeback and Fortune Poker Rakeback.
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