What Will Give Me My Edge

Talent in poker is often overestimated by people, it's a simple game. It is silly to say someone was born to play poker because anybody at any given moment can get lucky. In order to get lucky many times over and over again, it's fitting that it requires something that can't be measured like luck, the intangibles. I'll do my best to describe what I view as the intangibles for a grinder. It's not the calculating mind or a specific killer instinct that one is born with that makes one a great player, it's the analysis away from the tables, the equity calculations away from the table, the bankroll that isn't put on the table, but most of all, the heart. It is a game that will test you over and over again, it's so simple yet the variance is horrific and I still tilt many a times a day. The only thing is how much and how I let it affect me. Poker is probably one of the most fair games in life, everyone is dealt two cards and follows the same betting structure as the next person. Everyone will get beat up over and over by this game, but in order to succeed, you have to keep getting beat up. That is what seperates those that can claim to have made it in this game, and those that couldn't. I know I will suceed because it will boil down to the will to do whatever to gain an edge. I'll get in more hands, analyze more hands, and protect the bankroll. I may never be a superstar, but I'll be quite content with making something out of the cards I've been dealt. Time will tell if I am right or wrong.