What makes a great player?

What one poker skill do you think makes a great player?

• Good reading skills?
• Able to make big laydowns?
• Patience
• Aggressive
• Other

Discipline - Once you master it, you have unlimited potential.

NOT LOSING 14 ST8 TIMES YOU FLOP A SET.

The one poker skill I think that makes a Good NLH Tournament Player is Timing.

Luck doesn't hurt any either.
lol

SydTheCat said:

What one poker skill do you think makes a great player?

• Good reading skills?
• Able to make big laydowns?
• Patience
• Aggressive
• Other

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I think good reading skills and being able to make big laydowns go hand in hand.
But I will pick other: bankroll management

Knowing when to play em and when to fold em (not just big laydowns). It may take a combination of skill, discipline, luck and intuition, but those decisions seem to carry the day.

ALL OF THE ABOVE!! or name yourself leatherass!!

I must agree with ShineDown.45, you can be all the things you wrote above, however, if you go all in when you know that your opponent got 2% to hit his only out and you play way out of your BRM and he hits it, No metter how good you are if you don't have money to play.

SydTheCat said:

What one poker skill do you think makes a great player?

• Good reading skills?
• Able to make big laydowns?
• Patience
• Aggressive
• Other

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I'd say other: judgment. Knowing when to be patient and when to be aggressive.

It really depends on what you mean by great. From what I've read about Stu Ungar, I think he was a great player but, I don't think he could beat $10 NL FR.