Difference between amateur and professional players?

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Bhzrd588 said:
I believe three main qualities differ pro player from amateur one.
1. Knowledge; they have a better insights of ranges due to long playing and cards performaces depending on positions.
2. Disiplice; they play a steady game no matter player, looses or bad beats.
3. Money; they have money that they can loose without worring for it;

You are welcome to name other qualities that you believe makes the difference :)
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first of all, a professional earns money only through poker, for him it is a job, but for an amateur it is mostly just entertainment
 
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- They know how to handle patience, defeat, bad fortune much better
- They know how to identify their rivals and make a better reading of the game
- They know how to wait for the right moments in the tournament to attack the rookies
 
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I think a professional poker player is someone who has a lot of money to play, apart from the money he needs to pay for living expenses.
 
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dompoker said:
I think a professional poker player is someone who has a lot of money to play, apart from the money he needs to pay for living expenses.
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A person who chooses to play poker with a $1 million dollar bankroll is a professional? And another who grinds out ~$1.5k/mth off of a $2k bankroll is not?
 
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I agree only with point 3, with a lot of money you can learn to play poker, even if you don’t want to learn.
 
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  • #56
Bhzrd588 said:
I believe three main qualities differ pro player from amateur one.
1. Knowledge; they have a better insights of ranges due to long playing and cards performaces depending on positions.
2. Disiplice; they play a steady game no matter player, looses or bad beats.
3. Money; they have money that they can loose without worring for it;

You are welcome to name other qualities that you believe makes the difference :)
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I think point 3 is the most important, if I had money available to lose I would play all my hands with a better perception of the ranges and I would have a consistent game no matter who I face at the table. Simple
 
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  • #57
Discipline above all, it’s a job, sometimes is not fun to grind and stick to a gameplan.
Amateurs tend to play for the fun they feel.
 
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IMHO the difference is simply based on the ability to earn money, if you can't earn real money to live on and pay for good tournaments, you can't call yourself a pro.
 
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There is a huge difference is that in some we bet and the pros only check. They also realize many times when we are bluffing.
 
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Greetings 😉 The most important difference between an amateur and a professional, a professional player is not looking for the difference, he is looking for amateurs at the table😉😀😉
 
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