The top 5 qualities of a successful online poker player:
 

MHO:

5. The ability to quickly make moderately complex computations
4. The ability to quickly analyze information across multiple dimensions
3. Confidence
2. Humility
1. Perserverance


Thoughts? I am sure I have overlooked some.

Re: The top 5 qualities of a successful online poker player:
 

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2. Humility

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Re: The top 5 qualities of a successful online poker player:
 

I would say:

2. Play halfway decent
1. Dont tilt

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I would say:

2. Play halfway decent
1. Dont tilt

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Yup. Steam control.

My top five
 

5 Discipline
4 Discipline
3 Discipline
2 Discipline
1 Discipline

Re: The top 5 qualities of a successful online poker player:
 

In order:
1) Disciple (e.g., not tilting, not playing sixty-three hour sessions, not playing when intoxicated)
2) Playing within one's bankroll
3) Game selection
4) Willingness to put in a lot of hours
5) Technical knowledge of the game

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In order:
1) Disciple (e.g., not tilting, not playing sixty-three hour sessions, not playing when intoxicated)
2) Playing within one's bankroll
3) Game selection
4) Willingness top put in a lot of hours
5) Technical knowledge of the game

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Your post basically says:
1) Discipline
2) Discipline
3) Discipline
4) Discipline
5) Technical knowledge of the game

Re: The top 5 qualities of a successful online poker player:
 

There is some amount of technical skill involved in game selection. It's not just discipline.

Re: The top 5 qualities of a successful online poker player:
 

1. good basic strategy
2. discipline
3. willingness to learn
4. game selection among different sites
5. good technology (large monitors, fast connection, poker tracker...)

Re: The top 5 qualities of a successful online poker player:
 

#1 Self Control