What Would You Attribute to Your Success?
 

Give me some one-liners. What's the biggest thing you associate your success with?

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Bad players.

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Ran well in poker genetics 28 years ago.

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Studied my @$$ off.

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Not eating from the trash.

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Seriously though, my parents playing strategy games with me from as early as I can remember.

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pure, unadultered luck.

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Ran well in poker genetics 23 years ago.

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and

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Studied my @$$ off.

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My limit poker history /experience is largely the latter.
My original introduction to poker - 3 years of winning in small-stakes live nl games at college based on an entirely instinctual understanding of the game and a roughly 40/10 style - makes me grateful for the former.

Surf

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uhm theres not a straddle button on the internet, haha.

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I'm really really good at sucking out.

Also, I've always been very smart and good at games and puzzles. I also used to play M:TG so I had some experience with the concept of reading hands and thinking how your actions on one turn would affect later ones, both of which are very applicable to poker.

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Also, table selection is huge. I don't get to play as many hands as a lot of people but I'm always in good games.

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Prefering poker to life.

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the only reason i get by is from table selection.

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Experience, tiltlessness, game selection.

-DeathDonkey

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Patience - when I have it I am good, when I don't I'm bad

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Willingness to learn. Not liking to lose.

I dont feel particular successfull in poker though. Still need to learn how to log more hours.

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Think first. Bet later.

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table time

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Never being content with my game.

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Experience, tiltlessness, game selection.

-DeathDonkey

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Lol.

I think "not tilting very often" would be much better.

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Duly noted. I guess I meant things I would like to have working at all times.

-DeathDonkey

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Duly noted. I guess I meant things I would like to have working at all times.

-DeathDonkey

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Makes sense. From my perspective, game selection is the thing you have going for you the most.

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The up side of variance at the right time

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Table selection and emotional control. Those may be the only two reasons I've had any success at mid/high stakes, and the only reasons I may have success at higher games, i.e. 50/100+.

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AA

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I honestly think that almost any reasonably intelligent person can beat this game if they want to. I happened to read a few books and also select tables well.

I honestly don't think i'm terribly succsessfull, just a Mr. Average.

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Think first. Bet later.

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This is so true. It's very *easy* to react, or to rote play.

Think first. Bet later. I like that.

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I really genuinely like poker. I still like playing after hundreds of thousands of hands. I like learning about it, reading about it, and playing. After trying to help a number of my friends, I am positive this is why I have enjoyed so much success.

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being brought up with in a culure where 'the way you play the game is more important than winning'

chez

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experience, studying, determination, game selection, not tilting.

I think determination is probably the biggest one for myself personally.

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I repeat: bad players.

Party Poker 20.00/40.00 Hold'em <font color="#0000FF">(5 handed)</font> link

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">1 folds</font>, Button calls.

Flop: (7.00 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button caps</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.50 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button caps</font>, Hero calls.

River: (15.50 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

Final Pot: 17.50 BB.
Results in white below:<font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Ac 9s (a full house, Nines full of aces.)
Button has Ts 8c (two pairs, nines and eights.)
Hero wins 17.45 BB.
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Well, he won't be pushed around.

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TB,

Seat Selection

You can play at a decent table and not be in a great seat.
You can play at a great seat and not be at an overall great table.

~Rubeskies