 some things you need
first off you need money, some of the pros out there started with a lot of money from other places and found poker, but the reason you need money is because you cant be worried about money because you will have no conviction, you will be easily bluffed and you wont follow your instincts enough. Elite pros will have one of two things or a little of both extremely great mathamatical minds or great ability to read players. I would say David Skalansky is an example of the mathmatical mind and Phil Ivey is an example of great ability to read and act on it. Phil Hellmuth is a little bit of both. Of course there is so much more to it, I think with everything it is practice and a love for what you are doing, I also believe it probably is a lot easier to make a living with the overwhelming popularity of it now. |