Just finished reading Cards by Maxwell.

[MicroBob]

The point is this: it's virtually impossible to be a good player WITHOUT being able to remain in control.

if you have tilt-issues where you play rags for multi-bets pre-flop, or bad bankroll management, or blow all your winnings on coke, etc etc then you are just cancelling out (and probably exceeding) any card-skills that you might have.

lots of so-so players with decent talent could say the same thing regarding emotional control. It's common.

The result will be roughly the same as someone with poor card-skills. They will not succeed.


"I'm good as long as I stay in control."

Well...no-freaking-duh!!

That bit about playing your cards correctly is only a fraction of the equation towards being a good poker-player.