A fox 666
Rock Star
Silver Level
Skill, the number of tournaments played, all this, of course, is very important. But luck plays a significant role. Without a certain share of luck, no tournament can be won. The same professionals like Negreanu, Ivy, Helmut cannot win several tournaments in a row! you can’t refuse them skill !!!
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
To win tournaments you need to be willing to die, when odds are in your favour. There has been a thread in this forum, where numerous people wanted to fold QQ preflop to a mini-raise, because it was on the bubble. And there has been another thread, where someone actually folded AA, because multible other players were all-in, and he did not want to bust in one of the first hands of the tournament.
Poker_Mike
Legend
Loyaler
Skill and Experience
Skill and experience will allow players to win more tournaments.
My opinion is that tournament play is all about exploiting your opponent's mistakes. They limped or didn't raise enough or checked without betting.
As the blinds go up so should your bets.
As one approaches the money it is a mistake to go all in and put yourself at risk with a stack that has no fold equity - over and over....you will likely be knocked out before the money.
These are just a few examples of how experienced players play tournaments.
Good luck !
Skill and experience will allow players to win more tournaments.
My opinion is that tournament play is all about exploiting your opponent's mistakes. They limped or didn't raise enough or checked without betting.
As the blinds go up so should your bets.
As one approaches the money it is a mistake to go all in and put yourself at risk with a stack that has no fold equity - over and over....you will likely be knocked out before the money.
These are just a few examples of how experienced players play tournaments.
Good luck !
wildwildwes
Rock Star
Silver Level
I don’t know but Sunday I lead the 50k not ones but twice an for over 2 hours all the 110 dealt AA flopped A slowed played tell before the river,pushed in he call an caught the flush next KK Flop K same play he caught flush out 2 hand, lose 10,000 like that. Been playing poker for over 25 years, but never had that much cash pay out be so close. Should have stoped an put 5 k in pocket,
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300HPGOD
Legend
Platinum Level
I think the three main traits would be hand selection, aggression, and being able to read opponents (not physically necessarily because we play online but being able to deduce their range from their actions). Hand selection also takes care of a big part of the game which is knowing the power of position and also patience. I do like what Fundiver said as well as you have to be willing to die. That is a big weakness of mine but it is very important to go deep in a tournament.
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luskata27
Enthusiast
Silver Level
if you want to be a successful poker player you need to be confident. It is not about convincing yourself that you will always win and never make mistakes. Instead, you need to cultivate in yourself the belief that you are able to correct your mistakes and that you have the ability to improve. If you believe you can improve and persevere in your preparation, you will also increase your confidence.
LA PokerKush
Enthusiast
Silver Level
It's skill, sure you need some luck at the final table to close the deal. But when you see good tournament players, they're consistent. Also, the variance is a test of will, great players are in-the-money in MTT's 20%-30% of the time. So they lose 70% of the time. Tournaments can be very profitable long-term because of the ROI when you run deep. You gotta manage a bankroll and balance emotion too but that's a whole nother thing.
luckyou
Enthusiast
Silver Level
The best players have a solid grasp on math and creativity. GTO and exploitative. Book smarts and street smarts. Call it whatever you want, but simply put I think the best poker players are both right-brained and left-brained. And as a player, when you bet in such a way as to manipulate your opponent into doing exactly what you want them to do, well there’s no greater feeling. It’s like the miniaturized version of pulling off an elaborate heist
stylebender72
Rock Star
Silver Level
stylebender72
Rock Star
Silver Level
not patience but discipline and a deep and correct understanding of variance, MTTs are a high variance format its normal to lose for months BUT you may never win if you are just bad so first you must be a winning player so the first step is improving your game.......
deeznutzz
Rock Star
Silver Level
LOL. The same guy who once lost more than $350,000 in three hands to Negrenu
gupiel0k69
Rock Star
Platinum Level
Experience and skills are of course needed, but without proper Bankroll managment, a ton of patience and piece of mind they are almost useless imo, unless you're hoping for a bink. Putting in a ton of volume to beat the variance is of course super important too.
partz
Visionary
Bronze Level
theres so many factors that decide a good game in a tournament lol, i can say sometimes it depends about folded hands more than the calls but its hard to tell. skills and experience ofc plays a big role but sometimes a bit of luck helps more than a new player could imagine.