persistance and patience it pays

Many other players will always find fault with your game. It is one of the subtle ways they try to get under your skin. Or if you don't make A move the book says you should, they will be quick to point out what they see as A mistake.
The simple fact is, you alone are making the decisions. They may disagree with them, as is their right, but what really has that to do with your game, "nothing really"
Poker is not a popularity contest. It is a contest of will, mixed with deception.
I played a tournament at A live casino this week. Early I caught a few hands, but nothing of note. I increased my chip stack steadily with no great leaps. There was A point where i was moved to A cold seat. I didn't play A hand for 45 mins. I won't say I wasn't tempted too, but they were terrible starting cards, so I hung in there with the blinds eating into my stack. Finally before the break I caught A few that got me back to where i was before.
Then i was moved again and realized suddenly that there were only 3 tables left. this new seat was a good one , good starting hands that the board improved. (I hit A few big ones) Then we were at the final table. the other players were overly aggressive at the beginning and I pretty much stayed out of it. Finally I caught pocket kings, two raises in front of me and I limped just calling, for there could of been aces, but i didn't think so. A king came on the flop and 1 of the two went all in. It was a rainbow with no connectors to A straight at this point. I called and so did the other player behind me. The turn paired the 8 on the board and the river was a blank so my full house took it down, eliminating 2 leaving 3 of us. I let them play unless i caught a decent hand and sure enough another went out shortly. The one left was playing the aggressive overbettor every hand. so I kept folding, and giving him the blinds until I had A decent starter. He went all -in before the flop, I still was the chip leader so i called and he turned over 9 -4 os I had K-Q suited. flopped two pair, was ofcourse given the scare card on the turn it was A jack, so if the board rivers a 10 he has me, but that didn't happen and i ended up winning. the part that sticks out for me is the period where i didn't play A hand for 45 minutes. During that time I may have been sacrificing chips, but the payoff was all the eliminations during that period. It was a good tourny, and it was nice to be in the live venue for a change.!!!