What makes a great player?

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What one poker skill do you think makes a great player?
  • Good reading skills?
  • Able to make big laydowns?
  • Patience
  • Aggressive
  • Other
 
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Discipline - Once you master it, you have unlimited potential.
 
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NOT LOSING 14 ST8 TIMES YOU FLOP A SET.
 
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The one poker skill I think that makes a Good NLH Tournament Player is Timing.

Luck doesn't hurt any either.
lol
 
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SydTheCat said:
What one poker skill do you think makes a great player?
  • Good reading skills?
  • Able to make big laydowns?
  • Patience
  • Aggressive
  • Other
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I think good reading skills and being able to make big laydowns go hand in hand.
But I will pick other: bankroll management
 
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Knowing when to play em and when to fold em (not just big laydowns). It may take a combination of skill, discipline, luck and intuition, but those decisions seem to carry the day.
 
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ALL OF THE ABOVE!! or name yourself leatherass!! :p
 
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I must agree with ShineDown.45, you can be all the things you wrote above, however, if you go all in when you know that your opponent got 2% to hit his only out and you play way out of your BRM and he hits it, No metter how good you are if you don't have money to play.
 
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SydTheCat said:
What one poker skill do you think makes a great player?
  • Good reading skills?
  • Able to make big laydowns?
  • Patience
  • Aggressive
  • Other
Click to expand...

I'd say other: judgment. Knowing when to be patient and when to be aggressive.

It really depends on what you mean by great. From what I've read about Stu Ungar, I think he was a great player but, I don't think he could beat $10 NL FR.
 
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