Poker Psychology - There's Plenty Of Room At The Top!
Poker Psychology - There's Plenty Of Room At The Top!
One of the things that struck me about poker when I first started playing 6 years ago was how simple the game was. Yes, there are some rules to learn and some basic jargon to understand, but basically within a few days you can be feeling comfortable and playing at real money tables - and winning!
Of course then the realisation sets in that actually, poker is also an immensely complex game. An incredible mixture of luck and skill, which makes the game appealing to new players and experienced old-timers alike. I think it was the great Doyle Brunson who said that even after the decades he's been playing poker, he is still learning the game.
Doyle has a great philosophy and all good poker players should adopt it. No matter how long you have been playing poker, no matter how many tournaments you have won, you can always think about your game and how to improve it.
There are a lot of top players in poker that are making big money from the game. They are all great players in their own right. But no single poker player dominates the game in the way that Roger Federer dominates tennis, or Tiger Woods has done in golf.
In my opinion, the fact that poker does have an element of luck in the game, means it is a great leveller. If you have a good basic game strategy and style, work on it, keep thinking and improving it. That, combined with a little bit of luck (which we all get) could get you to the top of the game.
There's plenty of room at the poker top table and new faces join all the time, why not you?
Good luck at the tables!
Mark
One of the things that struck me about poker when I first started playing 6 years ago was how simple the game was. Yes, there are some rules to learn and some basic jargon to understand, but basically within a few days you can be feeling comfortable and playing at real money tables - and winning!
Of course then the realisation sets in that actually, poker is also an immensely complex game. An incredible mixture of luck and skill, which makes the game appealing to new players and experienced old-timers alike. I think it was the great Doyle Brunson who said that even after the decades he's been playing poker, he is still learning the game.
Doyle has a great philosophy and all good poker players should adopt it. No matter how long you have been playing poker, no matter how many tournaments you have won, you can always think about your game and how to improve it.
There are a lot of top players in poker that are making big money from the game. They are all great players in their own right. But no single poker player dominates the game in the way that Roger Federer dominates tennis, or Tiger Woods has done in golf.
In my opinion, the fact that poker does have an element of luck in the game, means it is a great leveller. If you have a good basic game strategy and style, work on it, keep thinking and improving it. That, combined with a little bit of luck (which we all get) could get you to the top of the game.
There's plenty of room at the poker top table and new faces join all the time, why not you?
Good luck at the tables!
Mark
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