to make real money in poker at the tables you need to just play good hands or mixe your game in a casino game with no to good poker players

is there a question here? or are you sharing this pearl of wisdom?

If you're just starting, you're playing to learn, not to make big money.

There are players that seem to make make big money right away (though in fact there was a lot of study involved), but the players that have early success usually have some kind of applicable background. For example, Dan Harrington had a very strong background in strategy games at a very high level. He was a US state champion in chess, and a backgammon author and world-class player, before he started playing poker.

It is best to start at a low level and work your way up, learning to play against different types of players, while practicing proper bankroll management along the way.

If that sounds like too much work, think of it this way. Justin Verlander (American baseball pitcher) didn't throw 100 miles-per-hour fastballs in Little League. He had to learn how to pitch, as well as how to field his position. Depending on how early he started, he could have played baseball for more than 10 years before he made it to the major leagues.

But even then, he wasn't the best pitcher in baseball. Verlander says that every offseason he works on something new, for example, changing speeds, or working on a new pitch.

I'm not suggesting that it will take you 10 years to be making big money at poker (whatever that means to you). There are certiainly players that make that happen in 3 years or less. But there is a lot to practice, study, and learn and it's not going to happen overnight.

If you're just starting, you're playing to learn, not to make big money.

There are players that seem to make make big money right away (though in fact there was a lot of study involved), but the players that have early success usually have some kind of applicable background. For example, Dan Harrington had a very strong background in strategy games at a very high level. He was a US state champion in chess, and a backgammon author and world-class player, before he started playing poker.

It is best to start at a low level and work your way up, learning to play against different types of players, while practicing proper bankroll management along the way.

If that sounds like too much work, think of it this way. Justin Verlander (American baseball pitcher) didn't throw 100 miles-per-hour fastballs in Little League. He had to learn how to pitch, as well as how to field his position. Depending on how early he started, he could have played baseball for more than 10 years before he made it to the major leagues.

But even then, he wasn't the best pitcher in baseball. Verlander says that every offseason he works on something new, for example, changing speeds, or working on a new pitch.

I'm not suggesting that it will take you 10 years to be making big money at poker (whatever that means to you). There are certiainly players that make that happen in 3 years or less. But there is a lot to practice, study, and learn and it's not going to happen overnight.

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