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What defines a good poker player?
 
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Someone who understands position, equity, and has good fundamentals
 
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$$, I never see a not good player win at a long period of time.
 
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psychology, neuropsychology, mathematics and nerves of steel
 
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Perseverance, stable emotions, intuitive knowledge of stats, fearless, hard work ethic, never giving up.
 
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I agree with all the advice given before me. So as I see it, there is a lot of work to do just to be a "GOOD" player. I consider myself a good player, but I have not come close to knowing about all this, even if I have been working on my game for 3 years. And that is what keeps me at my level. GL to you
 
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a good player, make your normal game, can even survive in poker ..
but a great player, he uses all possible tools to win.
 
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Think if they wanted to pursue individuals they would have done so instead of working with pokerstars to get player funds returned to them they would have handed the list over to states for prosecution. But who knows in the future what some state attorney with too much time on his hands will do.
 
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I'd say someone who can adapt, someone who knows the game back and forth... someone who's smart, takes calculated risks, can use position, equity, understands psychology and math behind it all and .... can be patient ^^
 
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Ask Phil Ivey, what ever he says what defines a good player, im down with that :D
 
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A good player should be able to read his/her opponents and adapt accordingly, someone that uses the odds to decide his moves and analyze position and bank roll management. :jd4:
 
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Someone who earned more than he lost in poker.
Someone who did not destroy his/her life because of poker
Someone who still have a social life.
 
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A good player at any given level is one that makes far less mistakes than the others at the table.
 
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good player need to know to play patiente,watc postition and know how much to raise,amd how many players he wants on table.....
 
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Good player is a player who tries to have as good psycology as he can, he observes the maths of the game and has patient.
 
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First of all - ROI. This thing shows other people who are you. It is like a passport of poker
 
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Getting a lot of money into the pot when you are ahead and folding to bad odds when you are behind. Betting when others will not. Raising when others will not.
 
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A Good Poker player is a Winning player measured over a credible amount of time... If you can win more than you lose at Poker then you are GOOD
 
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I think a good player is the person who make money on only on poker , and he living from it.
 
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A "good player" is a very loose or general term and can mean many different things depending on who you talk to. As reflected in the various answers in this thread. I think I preety much agree with everything that has been said. I would also add one more thing to the list and it is in my opinion the most important. A good player is someone who make EV+ decisions at all times, regardless of outcome. Also a good player should never be or become results oriented. Just my two cents.
 
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Perseverance is a quality fundamental to any player. However, many poker players receives the title legend, but the most do not deserve. A good player, for example, knows that the money is just part of the game and does a good use his after to help others.
 
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well im very below average player -i cant coment on being good when i turn good il come back and post some thoughts on how it feels-i think having winning roi and cash might make that person good
 
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I think the first thing is someone studying , the second and most important is a player who can keep their emotions and how to play so despite what happens on the table
 
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