What takes to be a good player of poker? Money?

What takes to be a good player of poker?
Money?
I dont think so.
I was seeing this 10/20 $ cash blinds,
With max entering of 2000
And a guy had 130.000
WTF...
hey... what is this? this people must be milionairs?
I can belive it. And a guy called all in with 2000.
Lost, and just bringed another 2000...And lost all again in five hands later.
!!! It is unbelivable too see 50.000 pots on internet..
Im just...have now words...
Where these people got all this money from to loose than so easy?:confused:

As they are good players, with bankroll management.

To play 10/20 with a buyin of $2k, then have a minimum of $50k available.

So your either good at the game, rich, or both.


And people at this level with low buyins are one of 2 things...

1 - Shortstacking - playing with the minimum buyin, to get a fast double by excercising fold equity, then quitting.

2 - Idiots

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Originally Posted by navuta

What takes to be a good player of poker?
Money?
I dont think so.
I was seeing this 10/20 $ cash blinds,
With max entering of 2000
And a guy had 130.000
WTF...
hey... what is this? this people must be milionairs?
I can belive it. And a guy called all in with 2000.
Lost, and just bringed another 2000...And lost all again in five hands later.
!!! It is unbelivable too see 50.000 pots on internet..
Im just...have now words...
Where these people got all this money from to loose than so easy?:confused:

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well on fill tilt i seen gus hansen playing phil ivey on a $1000-$2000 BB table and seen gus hansen donk out phil ivey for over 500k with one of his patented raises with crap. well he hit runner runner set to beat out ivey. and iver rebought for 400k. who dpoes this well they do because thats how they play. they are good at there craft. its all chump change to them. plus with FT sponsering them they get paid to play. lol all perks. imagine the rake FT got for that hand.

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Originally Posted by eejit101

As they are good players, with bankroll management.

To play 10/20 with a buyin of $2k, then have a minimum of $50k available.

So your either good at the game, rich, or both.


And people at this level with low buyins are one of 2 things...

1 - Shortstacking - playing with the minimum buyin, to get a fast double by excercising fold equity, then quitting.

2 - Idiots

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well the poeple that buyin for minumun are looking for quick double up. they are all fish. but u know what it happens at all blinds when playing cash. and yes they are complete idiots.

No, some people do it proerly, have limits, bankrolls and evrything.

If you increase your stack by 5x BBs, you leave. That kinda thing.

Its actually very profitable if done correctly

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Originally Posted by eejit101

No, some people do it proerly, have limits, bankrolls and evrything.

If you increase your stack by 5x BBs, you leave. That kinda thing.

Its actually very profitable if done correctly

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yeah i agree but u hate to lose to them. i do it when my stack is running low but not on the big tables. i nickel and dime it. lol its been awhile since i have had to but ive done it.

Nice strategy..
Of getting 5x BB and leaving..
Give me some of these other things...lol..
I think I need to train my self somehow..
Is there a very basic differnt leaning training practise I can do?
should I memorize ALL the odds?

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Originally Posted by Glo Bug

well on fill tilt i seen gus hansen playing phil ivey on a $1000-$2000 BB table and seen gus hansen donk out phil ivey for over 500k with one of his patented raises with crap. well he hit runner runner set to beat out ivey. and iver rebought for 400k. who dpoes this well they do because thats how they play. they are good at there craft. its all chump change to them. plus with FT sponsering them they get paid to play. lol all perks. imagine the rake FT got for that hand.

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The rake on all pots at most sites is capped at 3 dollars. The rake will hit close to the max at those limits on any raised pot that sees a flop. So FT really doesnt care lol.

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Originally Posted by klinkman

The rake on all pots at most sites is capped at 3 dollars. The rake will hit close to the max at those limits on any raised pot that sees a flop. So FT really doesnt care lol.

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really 3 bucks. wow i thought they see it all the way thru. thats kinda whacked. well i guess it is good for me. lol thanks klink