How to become a poker player

Originally Posted by FriskyPirate

I agree there are bad players of everything...tennis, poker, starcraft, foosball, golf...who have been playing 20 years +. But when you isolate the best and fastest way to improve at ANY sport or competition...mental or physical, it is doing that sport repetively.

You don't read how to become a good golfer and you don't read how to become a good chess player BUT there are hundreds of books on both subjects and these books can accelerate your learning. But nothing is more powerful than doing the task.

You get good at poker...playing poker.

No you don't
have you ever heard of a particular player called fgators?
1.2 million hands... down $28,000+