who is any good in poker ?

Bushidō (武士道^?), meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of the samurai life.

I have come to discover among my poker friends a sort of pattern, where no one thinks anyone else is really any good.

Who is good in poker ? Well this brings me to an interesting discovery.


The other night I was deep in a Tournament and I made a play that someone who was watching thought was terrible. In so seeing this, a lot of people will make assumptions based on one play that sums up your entire game.

This is presumptuous and wrong and i have done it as well when watching others. My play while in a vacuum may not be textbook, but with the different aspects of poker such as ebb and flow of the game, table dynamics and player tendencies etc my play felt perfectly fine to me and actually worked.

Does that make it right or wrong ? Does that make me good or bad ? Who is to say and why ?

The answer ? I cannot say. But what I can say is that there are other things that go into making a good player than just isolated hands played.

For Samurai in Ancient Japan, they lived by what was called the Bushido. It was code of conduct. Set rules by which to act and live by that allowed them to live lives of honor and victory.

In poker, as well as life there a few things that if done consistently just like the Bushido will lead to success and prosperity and victory.

Simply working harder than most. Studying and putting in the effort and time it takes to become the best you can be. When we make mistakes we try to learn from them and move on. Stay "hungry" with a fierce desire to compete and never giving up. Stay humble and always remind ourselves that people who seem more "due" than we think they should be is not something we need to focus on.

If we can focus on these areas I promise success will follow. You see, the person that never ceases to believe in themselves and never quits is the one who is truly good despite a few bad plays they may make in others eyes.

Keep working hard and gl on & off the felt and have a great week :-)