How to become a Professional Player.

[jfofla]

to be a professional player, you first need to have a good financial condition or have a great sponsor in addition to playing very well and not playing as if you were playing online. professional is another world.

 

[Canaldo Kao]

If you want to become a professional poker player, the first thing to do is believe that it's possible. The second thing, and stop playing freerolls, and make your deposits regularly, but it is necessary to play in big tournaments, because the level of professionalism is higher, there is no point in playing against child and amateur players who play like crazy, it is like trying to debate with idiots, you may run out of arguments because they are idiots. The third thing is not to be afraid of losing, imagine if a player of any sport you like starts the game afraid to play, he's going to lose, so courage in poker is everything.
And the fourth and last one is consistent, as much as you don't agree, the game is fair by doing injustice, that is, you can win and lose with all the cards in the deck.

Apart from what you said about regular deposits, the rest I agree because the professional player André akkari who was once a world champion said in an interview if I'm not mistaken that he never made a deposit. Of course he is an exception!👌

 

[BetterThanAvgButNotByMuch]

No, No, No and Sort of it depends on situations.

If you want to become a professional poker player, the first thing to do is believe that it's possible. The second thing, and stop playing freerolls, and make your deposits regularly, but it is necessary to play in big tournaments, because the level of professionalism is higher, there is no point in playing against child and amateur players who play like crazy, it is like trying to debate with idiots, you may run out of arguments because they are idiots. The third thing is not to be afraid of losing, imagine if a player of any sport you like starts the game afraid to play, he's going to lose, so courage in poker is everything.
And the fourth and last one is consistent, as much as you don't agree, the game is fair by doing injustice, that is, you can win and lose with all the cards in the deck.

1. "Belief" has set too many folk up for failure. Don't believe, KNOW. First time I sat at a live tourn I knew I could out play most of the people at the table within the first hour or so from what people were going all in with and not playing the structure and doing all wacky, silly clown nonsense. There was doubt in my skill because it was the first time playing live and I was timid but after that tourn and knowing who I was playing there wasn't room for "belief".

"Belief" will also make people do silly things like playing games they don't have the skill or bankroll for and a range of other silly things.

2. If someone can't beat freerollers then I don't see how anyone would be able to get very far. When I grinded low level cash games during the boom that was the skill level of the day back during the poker boom. The things they did online was identical to the folks I was playing for $300+ live because they were one and the same, lol. Your job is to learn who and what they are and be able to spot them then learn what to do to reach YOUR GOAL.

You would have to be able to beat them. I don't play anymore but I go to casino here and there and the folks playing the 1-2/3 or the next level up are doing the same stuff they were doing back in the day because they're at the casino to get action and give one another bad beats and enjoy themselves. That's the reality. So you have to know how to deal with those "tendencies" and learn to deal with the bad beats.

There is no reason why someone cannot beat other players that do not have any poker skills, discipline or . . .anything, lol, whether live or online.

3. Being afraid of losing kept me from going broke and thats the truth. Thats why I was able to go home happy or at least knowing I got it in good and someone got lucky on me or it just wasn't my time at the table and left cutting my loses early every time I played.

You should be VERY afraid of losing money when starting out. Its harder for most people to fold because they want to see cards and they want to have fun and they don't want to be bluffed and etc, etc, etc, but the truth it is harder to fold and develop poker discipline for most people. IMO that's the first difference between someone that's serious about poker and someone that wants to "believe" they can play for a living.

And consistency? lol, It depends on the players style. There are people that can grind a table and pull their money out of a poker table like an ATM but its usually because their style is straightforward and they're not play folks above their level.

Then there are players that are taking chances when they don't need to making hero calls and putting their money in bad in drawing spots while not getting the odds but they can have a run where they get on a streak and they're still winning players overall. So it really depends. But poker by its nature isn't a consistent game. Like I said the easiest way to make it consistent is to play folks below your level.

The biggest point of my silly rant is the amateur money or learning how to beat those players should be your bread and butter, its your everything. During the boom and even today, poker is about someone watching someone playing for lots of money thinking they can do it or wanting that feeling of playing then bringing their money to the poker community and thats how pros survive and thrive whether its at big tourns with life changing money, grinding the little $1/2-3 NL table or whatever low limit online. You have to know how to ID, beat and deal with bad beats from those players.

Thanks for the post.

 

[sidd4rt4]

a lot of study and game play. talk to other pro players and be focused