What is the difference between a professional poker player and an amateur?

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The professional spends hours studying while the amateur does it for pleasure or laziness. :D
 
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A professional tries to always level up his game, an amateur only plays for fun
 
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amateur's does not care about stats.
 
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Good question.

My personal opinion, is when poker is your main source of income. This is wrong too because you have billionaire entrepreneurs playing in world cup tournaments, so the short answer, I don't know.
 
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Experience while making decision.... And thats include taking account more information before a move in the tale
 
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the amateur plays for fun, the professional for profit. And so there is no difference, except for the difference in knowledge.
 
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I think the difference is in the intention of each player. The professional plays to work. The amateur plays for recreation only.
 
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There are a few ways to interpret it

Professional vs amateur as a technical definition is whether you make a significant part of your income from it.

Professional vs amateur as a time invested relative to other pursuits - full time poker player, vs as doing so recreationally.

Professional vs amateur in approach to the game and results. Some amateurs have knowledge and skill that exceeds that of many people who make their living from poker, but the amateur has other interests they are pursuing as a career and only engage in poker for entertainment or to subsidize their income.
 
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Professional plays for money.
Amateur plays for enjoyment or whatever.
 
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Amateur players don't track their progress or their opponents and don't study the game to improve
 
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Professionals devote a lot of time to theory, training in tracking and GTO software. They are on a different level of understanding of this game. An amateur plays just to play
 
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Simply put, the professional poker player is better at everything. Experience, bankroll management, knowledge and use of statistics while playing. Most importantly, regular analysis of sessions!
 
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Professional player plays to earn money, amateur plays simply for pleasure. But sometimes amateur can have more good luck than professional.
 
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Discipline

In my opinion, the main difference between pro poker players and amateurs is their discipline at the table. For example, playing less hands or knowing when it is the right time to fold regardless of what your impulses are telling you.
 
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The big difference between a professional player and a novice player are the results, they are also the levels, the professional player always usually plays expensive tournaments and high tables, the novice simply plays cheap things, itself, itself the difference is the results and the balance.
 
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I think the pros have several times the bankroll of the amateurs and have more time to play.
 
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hello

that the professional has all the experience of the game the most complex knowledge of all situations ... on the other hand, the amateur is the opposite !!!
 
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The difference is that professionals can access paid elite tournaments, they have more experiences, amateurs do not have the money or the shooting and that can affect making important decisions that make them win or lose tournaments.:D
 
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Unlike a professional who operates with ranges, an amateur thinks only about specific hands (his own and the opponent's) in each situation. However, poker is a game with incomplete information and it is almost impossible to narrow the opponent's range to one hand or combination.

The amateur repeats his mistakes.
Erroneous actions and incorrect judgments that are constantly repeated never bring good results at a distance. Simplifying the game, reducing it to only a few parameters, an amateur plays in the negative, while maintaining the confidence that he is simply unlucky. Often he tries to achieve something based only on his guesses, ignoring the facts.

But professionals always remember that they can make mistakes. Therefore, they try to constantly find and remove errors from their game.
 
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Take for example Messi against, let's say, your friend's football team.
Messi thinks, breathes, trains, acts football. Your friend like to watch games, play once in every blue moon and his dedication to the game is a mere hobby
 
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dedicate hours to study and play
 
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You know you are a professional when you make more at poker than your daytime job.
You know you are a professional if you have a sponsor that pays for every tournament you enter.
 
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an amateur plays slow and the professional of course faster :D
 
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A professional knows how to handle every situation and an amateur does not.
 
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Um, that's a very good question. Reading most of the answers. I don't think it's anything special. The amateur can also surprise the professional player! And the pro can make the same mistake
.. Watching poker tournament broadcasts on TV is even more so than I think... Of course, that's just my opinion. ��
 
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