Poker Winners Are Different [antikvár]

Forewordby David SklanskyHighly successful poker players do four things:1.Learn how to play as well as they possibly can (including making others play badly).2.Play their best at all times.3.Choose whichever available game offers them the greatest expected value (EV) as long as they have an adequate bankroll for it.4.Avoid games in which they would be clearly under-bankrolled.Duh, you might be thinking to yourself, pretty obvious. Why do things any other way if winning serious money at poker is a high priority for you? And I agree. But I also know that most aspiring poker pros do not always do these things, not only because they are psychologically difficult, but especially since they can sometimes get away without doing them.Concentrating and studying are not easy things to do. Folding almost playable hands when they are your best chance to get "even" for the night takes unusual willpower. Choosing a smaller game than normal, because it offers the greatest "hourly rate" (EV-wise) in the room, means that you must give up the anticipation of making a big score that session. It also may mean that you are confronting the fact that your skill is not as great as some others who would expect to make more in the bigger game. The same is true ifvii