PEOPLE PERSON
One of the keys [to being successful] is being very selfcritical and self-analytical about your play; making an honest evaluation of the adjustments that you need to make, and changing those aspects about yourself like patience, discipline, understanding of the game, and feeling what your opponents are feeling. It’s crucial to make the adjustments in your character, and strengthen those traits that go into the make-up of a top-notch tournament player. You really have to understand people. Learning and developing those people skills is one of the differences that has made me a winner this year.

FEAR FACTOR
One of the keys to no-limit Hold’em is creating a feeling of fear in your opponents.