Definition of Patience

i am not patient.

i look up the definition.
can any one define me in term of poker?

Confusing?

Don't try to win every hand, win the most money you can.

Patience......

Waiting till you have the right hand, right position or just the right sitaution to make some chips.

I think am patience in my plays at the tables but i still don't seem to win i finish 2nd.

Don't let your losing hands or losing streak get the best of you. Have patience, analyze the hands, what you did wrong, your every move, so instead of losing your calm, you take advantage of a bad situation.

This.

does this mean
>> dont play out of position ?
>> dont go allin with a per ?
>> dont call the reraiser with a weak hand ?

The question was what does patience mean in the context of poker. Pick situations that are +Ev, bet, keep betting until the situation changes - but don't recklessly try to take down pots in situations that are -Ev. Recognizing when a hand starts as +Ev and changes to a -Ev situation is a key part of patience.

Extreme example - Hero opens UTG w AsAh and gets called by MP, CO, BTN, and BB - so we're out of position to everyone except BB. Flop is JdTd9c. cbetting here is almost certainly a mistake, but let's say Hero goes ahead and cbets. MP folds, CO calls, BTN minraises, and BB calls. What should Hero do? There's certainly a (very small) chance that AA is good here, nobody's shown any huge aggression, so Hero might be tempted to re-raise/shove to try to take the pot down now.

Patience in this example involves recognizing that pf we were in a hugely +Ev situation with AA, that the flop hits everyone's range way too hard to continue, that trying to take down the pot (actually, in my mind, to put any more money in the pot) is -Ev (shoving will work some amount of the time, but probably not often enough 3way with this board texture), and that we ought to wait for another spot.

As far as playing in position, when to go all in, calling with weak hands, etc. - these are all dependent on situations. There are players I'm perfectly happy to call all in with top pair/top kicker, and there are other players to whom I'm snap folding two pairs. Playing out of position is generally bad - but with the right conditions, I'm perfectly happy to play out of position. Recognizing all the relevant conditions in a situation and playing those spots (what Leo_50 says above) is a key part of playing poker, and being patient.

Come watch me for a few hours your understand that meaning after that!

>>> as beign a breakeven player. I realize it they call this "changing gears" i guess, i really need to work on this.

Patience = Waiting and waiting for +EV situations and then not punching your monitor when you get beat anyway.

Patience is accepting that profitable poker is like most other jobs--more of a grind than a thrill.

sums it up pretty well for me

as being able to calmly recognise your mistakes, stay focused and sticking to your game

There is interaction if there is call for it, no interaction if there is no call for it

Stay within the strength of your hands, not overplaying them, backing off in the face of stiff competition, folding when too many players are in against you, raising when others show weakness etc.

I believe patience is playing only the hands that have the highest probabilities to help you win the big pot.

Wait till you have the best hand to play. Don't play every hand and hope to get lucky. You need the perfect opportunity. Patience is the key to winning in poker.

i agree patience is a winning factor in poker...
but not patince when you get good hand but patince to know your opponents