What have you learned from poker?

[JaneMars312]

I learned to be patient and calm

 

[Michel_11]

I learned several things: to have more patience, to have more concentration, seek alternatives when the situation seems difficult watching opportunities, better manage anxiety and the more important to have discipline

 

[MilosNCAA]

The card is a whore.

 

[Tinfoilchef]

I've learned a number of things. One recent thing that I've been working on is asking myself WHY people are doing what they do. Like Antonio Esfandiari is fond of saying "does the story the other player is telling make sense" (paraphrased)

 

[Fratchen]

In live-poker I developed good insight into human nature.

 

[Syltan]

I learned from playing poker is only something that I'm not so quiet peaceful and not nervous as I thought I was))))

 

[ElUsuario]

I think that patience

 

[VizziVizo]

I learned that poker money - is hard money and you have to work to succeed

 

[korneel]

To be very patient sometimes.
And that when you need the luck at your side, it will (almost) never be.

 

[efgen]

I've learned a lot of things. For exemple I learned that I can lose, however strong hands may seem. Therefore cannot be get as many money in poker, as you cannot lose.

 

[TargetLion]

That only one hiself is responsable for own actiones.

 

[3ccasd]

Poker has taught me to control my emotions

 

[wlad20082009]

What you need a lot of patience !!!

 

[Meire]

I learned to have self-control, which on one hand can not win a championship, but a hand can be eliminated.

 

[CSINSC]

Poker has taught me:

1. Money is only a tool & it does not automatically mean success or failure.

2. An abundance of $$$ or lack of $ should NEVER change the way I feel about myself or the way I treat others.

3. It comes and goes so quickly, so I cannot rely on it for my self-worth.

 

[tulalukchuk]

First thing I learned was patience. Second was emotions don't belong in poker. If you get stressed every time you lose a hand you're more likely to lose on the next one. So many times you see players lose most of their chips and are so pissed they go all-in next hand with rubbish. I've come back several times with less than 100 and reached the bubble.
Third thing I learned is to keep re-learning the first and second.

 

[jwlaw35]

I have sure met a lot of people at the tables.. I have learned overall how to be a good sport about winning and losing. Nothing use to get me worse then taking a bad beat and then having to sit through a celebration over the luck lol

 

[Mr Alvim]

I thought I knew how to play poker. Until a friend of mine joined a poker team and began to teach me everything he learned, that a month or so. And I learned a lot just this month, to see that changed my game completely. I learned that the variance does exist, and I learned to really play poker.

 

[RogerG2k]

I learned to have more smarts have more courage and learn to read the thoughts of the opponent.

 

[kaetzchenfg]

First: thanks for this nice Post .

I have learned something about myself. For example that it is easy to offend me :-D. Sometimes some players write very bad things about me in chat and I freak out because of this impoliteness. For this I play with closed chat :-D.

 

[wlad20082009]

я узнал кое - что о себе. Например , что это легко оскорбить меня :-D. Иногда некоторые игроки пишут очень плохие вещи обо мне в чате , и я урод из - за этого невежливость. Для этого я играю с закрытыми чата :-D.
Yes, sometimes players do it . I understand that this is a psychological technique to bring me out of balance. Sometimes respond , sometimes just ignore . But Yes, it's unpleasant .

 

[wlad20082009]

Yes, sometimes players do it . I understand that this is a psychological technique to bring me out of balance. Sometimes respond , sometimes just ignore . But Yes, it's unpleasant .

 

[KGetsPoker]

I have learned that patience and logic will generally lead you in the right direction. paying attention to every detail is important.

 

[YoSoyMarce]

with the poker i have learned to lie and study the face of the peoples they cant lie to me

 

[jmsoffredi92]

Then guys of some time now I've been noticing that already learned a lot more to poker than just the essence of the game itself. I learned things that I brought to my personal life, like how to be more patiente with other peoples, how to have more emotional control in certain situations and other philosophies lives, given that every day we encounter people from different cultures . And i learned other didatic things. I just posted it because I think that poker its a big unverse and is more than only cards that you are in table and I think that like me other peoples learned a lot of thing.


I agree with you poker can give you tools for life in general and not just the game itself