A good tip for newbies from a newbie

[rockythecat99]

I am a new player myself. Tomorrow will mark the end of my first month playing. I have 2k in winnings right now with a tourney win and a final table. At first I thought it was luck but now I knwo what has made me a successful beginner(other than re-reading sshe to death). To be successful in this game you need to concentrate to the best of your ability. I cannot stress this enough. Nothing else should be turned on around u no tv, no music nothing. I know people say to multitable and all but for beginners do not even think about it. You need to pay attention to everyhand you are not in even with more detail than the hands you are in. You will gain some very valuable info of how players play. I know this has been said but for newbies it is hard to understand at first. About a week ago I started fluctuatin in winning. I would lose 100 in a day, gain 100 next day. So on and so forth for a week. Then I was thinking to myself I have been losing money for making some dumb calls. I realized the reason was that I had aim on , mp3player on and so on while playing. This took away from my concentration. You cannot have this if you are going to be a winning player. This week I decided to cut all of that off. And wouldn't you know it. I have not mady any stupid moves all this week. Some bad beats but thats all. I know this post is long but I cannot stress enough this aspect of the game. Concentrate on every hand, it will greatly improve your game.