Poker Patience

Patience is a virtue, at least in poker it is. Patience is one of the main ingredients for a successful poker player. If you watch a successful poker player, he or she will not play every hand. In the beginning of a tourney when blinds are small, I like to try my suited connectors on a blind call. As far as calling on every hand...no way. Even suited connectors are hard to come by sometimes, and don't play a hand just because you have a face card, this will eat you alive. Your kicker will kill you if your not careful. Playing your Q7, K4's and mid hands will eat your chips. If you do get lucky say with a K4 and a king hits more than likely anyone that stays in the hand will probably have a king and will eat your kicker alive and your chips will be gone. Instead be patient, wait for the potentially good hands such as AK, AQ, ect. Then don't go crazy on a bet with it, wait for the flop then make your decisions. Often I see players get potentially good hands and lose, however you must make your bets strong enough to put the mid and lower hands out. This makes your hand stronger. Also remember your positioning, this is a key role as well. There are a lot of things in playing poker and most comes with time and practice, but keep in mind you also need patience. Patience to the point of being bored, this is when some players do some not so smart things, so keep yourself in check and you'll do well. Not like the Donk player (someone that goes in all the time). This is another story, but keep in mind Donks NEVER WIN. Donks do well in the beginning but in the end they are out and wondering..*what did I do wrong* or *I can't believe you called me !!*
For a good example: I was playing a tourney and this guy was going all in almost every hand he played. At one time he was in first place in the tourney, BUT by the time we were down to the last 2 tables he was out and never made that final table.
So Remember friends BE PATIENT, play smart and you will be on those final tables.
So for now, Cheers and may all your hands be monsters.
William