This simple mistake can sabotage your poker career

Many young, hungry poker players spend hours a day studying with solvers.
They look at every small detail of every hand, discuss it with friends, prepare mint tea before their session, go to the gym every day, and even disconnect their Wi-Fi because they think it might mess with their brain.

They are intelligent and driven, yet many of them don’t succeed.
You might wonder, why not?

The reason is simple: they are obsessed with optimizing the process, but not actually going through the process.

The money you make is essentially your win rate multiplied by your volume.
The players I mentioned focus almost exclusively on win rate. But there are diminishing returns. If you are already winning a few big blinds per 100 in a standard game, it becomes harder and harder to increase your win rate. The easier lever to pull is your volume.

Of course, quality of play is vital.
I would never recommend blindly grinding just to be exhausted at the end of the night and pat yourself on the back.
But what I see over and over again are players who spend all their time perfecting the process without ever letting the process work.

There is no trophy for clever forum posts. There is no trophy for being known as the smartest poker player in your group of broke friends who complain about their results over expensive dinners.

You should absolutely leverage your winnings by improving your game.
But you must balance that with putting in enough volume.
Finding that balance is a skill of its own. If you play too many tables, you lose focus and slip into a weak, passive style that prevents you from excelling.
If you play too little, waiting for the “perfect” session, you miss the consistency that keeps you sharp.

The key to maximizing your win rate in poker is finding the balance between volume and quality of play. If you only focus on one, you will likely end up with mediocre results.

You have to accept the fact that you will make mistakes in every single session you play.
Don't compare yourself to perfection because you'll never be satisfied.
Instead, try to improve and become better than your old self every single day.

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