Want to Get Better-Go to School and Learn to be Patient

We all get tired of bad beats and when we lose the excuse we find is that the other player(s) were Donks or the cards were BAD. I am here to say that if you are serious about being good you have to put that aside and work on your game. In the beginning I had no interest in schools, books or lessons offered by the Poker Community. I thought you just put up money and played. That was a big mistake. As time went on I found school as a method of earning points so I could play in special tourneys. Now I realize that it is vital to improving my Poker skills. Let me give you two examples. As I was playing a tournament the other day I used pot odds, hand percentages, online tells and position to work my way through a pretty strong field of 4000 to come in 3rd in a recent tournament. There were 3 times that I was frustrated by aggressive players and got short stacked. In the past I would just push in with a good but not great hand and taken my chances. Instead I used patience and busted both of these players by getting great hands and using check raises. It was by far the most satisfying and one of the memorable high finishes I have had to date.

Do yourself and your game a favor and get to school and learn the P word!

Its funny how much you learn after you do some reasearch and studying and think back on tournaments months ago and think 'wow whut if i woulda played that different'

I found a game that taught me to be patient called DOUBLE_UP.Top 5 players win.It teaches not to be so gun ho.Let that flop out so hopefully you have more options and build that pot.Now I'm more relaxed in the mtt's.It does help to have good cards.Some games you don't play much at all.

yeah being patient is one of the most important things. ive placed first in two tourneys that had 9000+ players (one nl hold em, and one nl 5 card draw). there were several times where my stack was well below the dreaded 10 times big blind. but i held out for what i thought was my best hand with the highest percentage of winning. made my hand and went on a tear from there. most people believe u should push when u approach ten times bb because thats what they hear on tv or from what they've experienced i guess. but im definitely a believer in "a chip and a chair".