This is a crazy thing to say. Document consistent success, but it's still only luck?
Poker is definitely a game of skill and knowledge. Luck is a short-term thing. If I play a hand where I's a 4:1 favorite, I'll win most 80% of the time. But you might get lucky and win a big pot 20% of the time. But even that's not luck, because your 20% win is predictable. In the long run, win percentages at showdown are pretty much etched in stone predictable. But beyond that there's the skill of pot-building, hand reading, being able to fold when you're beat, etc.
The only way poker is a game of luck is if everybody played every hand all the way to the river. But even then, eventually, we'd all come out even.
Poker is math, pure and simple, with a good dose of psychology and discipline on top of it.
Actually, sorry to be pedantic but this is not an argument about what percent luck/skill it is, it is a discussion about whether poker is a game of luck, or a game of skill. So anybody who suggests that it is more than 50% luck is mistaken. Somebody who suggests it is 75% luck is very misguided. Somebody who suggests that it is 90% luck is bordering on insanity.you guys are sitting here arguing what percent luck/skill it is...COME ON. give me a break.
I think you will find that if you ask successful poker players, and we have plenty of them posting at this forum, they will tell you that poker is a game of skill. The ups and downs are due to variance, but overall they consistently profit from the game. You can believe in fate if you want to, but you'll have a job convincing them of that. They worked hard to get to where they are now!Its not luck its poker. Whats gonna happen is gonna happen. I just dont believe in lucky anymore, i believe in fate.
Actually, sorry to be pedantic but this is not an argument about what percent luck/skill it is, it is a discussion about whether poker is a game of luck, or a game of skill. So anybody who suggests that it is more than 50% luck is mistaken. Somebody who suggests it is 75% luck is very misguided. Somebody who suggests that it is 90% luck is bordering on insanity.I think you will find that if you ask successful poker players, and we have plenty of them posting at this forum, they will tell you that poker is a game of skill. The ups and downs are due to variance, but overall they consistently profit from the game. You can believe in fate if you want to, but you'll have a job convincing them of that. They worked hard to get to where they are now!