Poker pro Daniel Cates shares advice on how to stay mentally tough even when you're losing, why reading people is the biggest skill you need in poker, and the mindset he used to become great at poker.
The 32-year-old millionaire poker champ got featured on the series "Top of the Game" by CNBC Make It. The series takes a deeper look into the habits, mindsets and routines that top athletes use to[...] Read more » Dan "Jungleman" Cates on Reading People and how to stay Mentally Tough
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what happened with gus hansen is that he was a previous winner in his level until the online players arrived and put up a battle which he lost session after session, I think he was convinced that he could defeat them but the opposite happened, these online players were more prepared.
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these online players are very good, but some of them cheat without being caught. The bots are sometimes hunted and eliminated, but the cheaters can be caught with complaints or they can escape and if the cheater is a professional one... he can win against a professional player like Dan Cates or Gus Hansen.
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I see some high stake poker players who are good on live sessions , but not good online , some others quite the opposite . Some have some winnings live , but their on-line winnings are very very high , that's why they prefer playing online mostly. This shows that live is different from online poker on some things . Jungleman has successes in both . He has been accused sometimes , but I think the accusations were of no importance . He has no reason to cheat , he is a winning player .
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some players can be good online and bad live and the opposite also happens, the most important thing is to adapt to any circumstance and give your best, learn every day to play poker is a requirement for life.
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We will talk much more in this thread about this player, we know he is a great player and with his success story he can help us to continue and never give up, this poker game is for persevering people.
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Haha that's my Dule straight up always. That's why you have my respect bro. Dan is entertaining that's it and good player. But today shows just don't get me. The shows in golden era are still the best for me when from no where came youn Tom Dwan, table full of legends, start playing new aggresive style and so on.
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Besides being one of the legends of poker worldwide, he is also a great human being, one of the stories he told in an interview was that he changed an exclusive party for a great charity. Seeing the situation in Zanzibar, Cates changed the focus of his initial mission and decided to help by building a school and supporting people financially.
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I have heard something about his private life, but this is not important to me if he is a normal person and does not harm other people. I hope he is as good a man in real life as he is as a poker player.
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He is a great person, and very generous, he likes to help the most needy people, that is why he is always doing social works for his neighbor, that is good, and I think that helping should be a task for everyone to end that percentage of people who die of hunger in the world.
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if he does works of charity, it is a very good thing, because many people can be helped through different methods. Daniel Negreanu also makes various donations, and these two professional players can be imitated by others. Good job for them
! My respect for you also 
