Dear Poker Guide, please can you tell me what makes a truly great poker player?  What are the attributes that separate the good players from the great ones?

There are many things that make a good poker player, but I think the one aspect that stands out for me is the ability of knowing “when to do what”.  Or, in other words… of reading a situation, reading the play and reading players at a table and then knowing what to do in each situation.

It is also, not about keeping to one style of play, but adjusting all the time to the situation – Flexibility.  Aggressive play works sometimes, but it also pays off  to sit tight sometimes.  No-one can teach you that, it is an ability either someone has or develops.

That’s the poker guide’s words of wisdom for today…