Apart from needing to have skills at playing poker to win tournaments, you also need to have a few other skills to become a good player in poker tournaments. We’re going to talk about a couple skills that are necessary to becoming a successful tournament player over the long-term.· You need to first find the type of poker tournament that is suitable for your playing style. If you’re a heads-up player then you should play heads-up tournaments. If you’re a tight player then you may want to look at playing double or nothing tournaments along with some bigger multi-table tournaments. Choosing the right type of game based on your playing style is one of the most important skills too have.· Although most tournament players don’t see the need to manage their bankroll, it’s still one of the most important poker tournament skills. If you only have a $500 bankroll and you’re playing in $50 tournaments, you’re not going to last more then a few weeks at best. You need to play a small percentage of your bankroll in every tournament and work on building it up so that you don’t go bankrupt on a few bad sessions.· You also need to make sure that your playing environment is ideal or else you risk losing money. You need to make sure you don’t have any distractions and if you’re multi-tabling you need to make sure you don’t play on more tables then you can handle. If you’re playing 4 tables and it seems like you’re having to make split second decisions you should try moving down to 2-3 tables.· Another important thing that poker tournament players need to do although not really a skill is choosing the right poker room to play in. Not every poker room is ideal for tournament players, but to keep it simple you’ll want to look at playing with the bigger poker rooms, as tournaments fill up much quicker and there are a lot more tournaments to choose from.