^^Good list
You can't even really just say "be smart". It's so much more than that. I like parsimonious lists so I'll say It's a combination of:
-Intelligence, sure--but not just pansy liberal artist "I got an A in my Gender & Sexuality Studies Class" I-can-string-together-big-words-thus-I'm-smart kind of way. It's more of a comp sci endeavor.
It's not trite to say poker is a mathematical game, it obviously is, but people misunderstand that, because you are deploying an algorithm when you play poker, you are engaging in computer science, it's way beyond just basic arithmetic which is what most people think of.
It takes an insane amount of abstraction to understand this stuff: going through game trees and classifying the phenomena that pop up
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humility, willingness to be a life long student e.g Erik Seidel
Yup. Even if the internet occasionally makes an otherwise humble person sound otherwise, arrogance is prob the single worst trait you can have. Arrogance begets laziness and complacency.
The rest of the list can be classified as "sports psychology". Bc really who gives a flying **** how smart you are if you can't execute? And that's really what it boils down to anyway--can you execute?
I don't understand why poker players seem to generally lack that competitive edge (meaning they meet the criteria you outlined), I guess it's because anyone with the cash or a backer can enter any tournament which leads to people thinking they can just walk in off the street and expect to win w/o a huge luckbox.
I also don't understand why people haven't adopted more concepts from sports psychology. I mean, poker is "sport", it's not "a sport", but it's extremely competitive "sport". When you play a poker tournament, you are being drafted into the NFL. You are about to pitch for the Yankees. You are about to walk down the fairway at Augusta National. You can't just show up and win--how arrogant!
Like why wouldn't you adopt certain aspects of an athlete's routine into your own (preparation routines, wearing a uniform, etc)?
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