Question: How do you know if you are a good poker player?

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Answer #1:

Judge by if you are winning. Usually profit is the scorekeeper for poker. You are coming in 50 out of 25,000. You win a lot for that? If that's play money, it doesn't count...

Answer #2:

How do you know, consistency. If you consistently are winning and not blowing up early, then you are likely a good player.

Move up to the next higher stakes and try that. If you win there, keep moving up.

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Answer #3:

If you understand a game and see your opponent making mistake you don't do you are better than your opponent's and thats all thats matter in poker.

Answer #4:

As far as play money is concerned it really doesn't matter, but according to me the real test of player is when he is playing with real money because then he is under the pressure of loosing money. So he needs to master the game.
The best I can suggest :
Pay attention at the table. Watch the flow of action, study your opponents, their habbits, and their tells.
Keep an eye on other players.
Control your mood: As when you play online poker it is equally important in having perfect playing mood, otherwise you are gone. As, an awful mood can even spoil your game.

Answer #5:

50th out of 25,000 was obviously a freeroll, so it doesn't mean anything.

In general, you need at least 10,000 hands at a ring game at a given limit or a couple thousand tournaments at a given limit before you can accurately assess your ability as a player. That's about how long it takes for the margin of error to work itself out. That doesn't mean you can't assess your game before you hit those numbers, but this should show you that coming out ahead in a few tournaments doesn't prove a whole lot of anything.

Answer #6:

you look at your azz and if its sitting in a Maserati


My brother plays semi pro, he suspects there a fair amount of hacking going on , as people betting patterns change when they have a good hand before they get the cards

try some of the live games, the preliminary rounds are pretty rough , you people going all in with out looking at their cards. Playing on line is only half the game looking for tells and mind games with your opponents it the other. A lot of the Satellite rounds have smallish buys ins
give it a go , no point in wondering for the next 20 years

Answer #7:

Poker is a game and money is how we keep score, the more you make the better you are, if you really are always finishing in the money then it sounds like you are a natural. But having said that you wrote $6-$3 which although petty is wrong and should be $3/$6 so I am assuming you know little about the game really.

If your always top 3 in live tournaments that's excellent assuming there are more than 3, 4 or 5 players how many 10, 20, 100, 500?

Judge how good you are by the money you earn, get some tracking software to see for sure, you may find you lose more then you realize.

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