Poker Study - Part 4: Is Patience the Best Learned Skill?

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. Patience is a great quality in poker​

We won't always have good cards, and trying to participate in every hand can bring up a lot of problems. Knowing how to expect better opportunities is part of the strategy. In my opinion, patience is as important a skill as knowing the rules of the game. Do you also believe that knowing how to give up a hand is one of the greatest qualities of a good player?
 
weberson said:

. Patience is a great quality in poker​

We won't always have good cards, and trying to participate in every hand can bring up a lot of problems. Knowing how to expect better opportunities is part of the strategy. In my opinion, patience is as important a skill as knowing the rules of the game. Do you also believe that knowing how to give up a hand is one of the greatest qualities of a good player?
Patience is actually the key, especially in MTTs. I started making consistent profits after learning to wait for the right spot... you have to learn to make "hero folds" (which are more important than "hero calls") and stay calm even when you're short-stacked (I once won an MTT after dropping to 0.5 BB). A quick tip for training your patience at the tables is to play PLO—though you shouldn't play it like Hold'em; you need to learn the game's ranges and strategies first, as they are very different from Hold'em.
 
Ah well heared some interview about this subject with the real pros including the pokerbrat, how often they comeback from a stack between 5-10bb. Main point dont panic when your on 10bb.

But there is a fine line between it, they play live big events with 20 or 30min blind structure in a 9 or 10 ring table.

But I had plenty of examples where I make 10bb folds with AJ and QJ and KJ pre because of action and then make a comeback afterwards.
 
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