Top 10 Reasons Why You’re Not Moving Up in Poker Stakes

Do you know what percentage of poker players make it to the highest stakes? Despite the bragging you might hear in your local card room, it’s not very many.

Though we all begin our poker careers with a dream of pulling ‘a move on Chan,’ the reality is that most players spend their time stuck in a rut. They’re too weak to move up and too proud to move down.

So, what stops us from progressing?

• Do we lose the hunger?
• Does the dream die?
• Or are most of us just too unlucky?

We’ll examine ten reasons why you may be struggling to move up in stakes. 

1: You’re Not Being Honest with Yourself

Here’s some bad news: You’re probably not as good at poker as you think.

It’s not that you can’t play – on the contrary. You’re probably pretty good if you’ve done your fair share of work in the lab on your poker combos. It’s just that there’s a lot of ego in poker, so players will blame their opposition, variance, or even their lucky pants way before criticising their skill level.