dj11
Legend
Silver Level
I'd be interested in hearing how people define the term "skill" as it relates to poker. How difficult is it to acquire this skill? I'm assuming it's not the same sort of skill required to perform brain surgery or to shoot 4 under par in golf.
So much of what happens in poker is beyond the control of players. They have no control of the cards that are dealt to each player or of the sequence of the cards as they fall on the board.
Very frequently one hears "skill" defined as getting one's money in good. But when a player is dealt KK and another player is dealt AA, is the player with KK really any less skilled than his opponent when the money goes in pre-flop? Or when a player who is dealt AA calls his opponent's shove on a flop of 644, is he really any less skilled than the opponent who was dealt A4?
I like this question/comment. Oddly great skill in this case would be KK deciding that AA actually existed and KK decides to fold.
In that case would having been dealt KK be considered good luck or bad luck?
I still consider the game top be 75% skill and 89% luck. And that is not a typo.