How much luck do you think is involved in poker? Well now you know.

[turby]

Wait, guys. This is a context of cash games right? Not tourneys.. with rising blinds/shove all ins...

If it's CG, then.. bringing up arguments about wsop and tourneys are irrelevant. You're gonna enter into a situation where you're gonna have to shove. There's where luck counts.

Basically, one assumption operating here is that you're good at playing post-flop.. which I'm not :s

 

[IcyBlueAce]

Wait, guys. This is a context of cash games right? Not tourneys.. with rising blinds/shove all ins...

If it's CG, then.. bringing up arguments about WSOP and tourneys are irrelevant. You're gonna enter into a situation where you're gonna have to shove. There's where luck counts.

Basically, one assumption operating here is that you're good at playing post-flop.. which I'm not :s

Shoving also involves skill.

 

[drgilbert4]

I wish I could get lucky once in a while... I am always in the hand when my opponent catches the one and only card in the deck that beats my hand!!!! Luck is a major factor in LOW STAKES poker. The skill levels are usually so bad that the players are always trying to catch any draw.

 

[Grinder101]

Thanks for the thread, I'll read the article if I ever wanna have a good laugh.

 

[crowhui]

i would love to think poker is pure skill game,but sadly,i think it's around 70% skills and 30% luck

 

[cAPSLOCK]

This thread gives me hope.

 

[palku]

Quite surprising indeed. Poker to me is all about guts. You can bluff your way out and win games. No guts no glory.

On the other hand knowledge of a bit little psychology helps.

 

[BelgoSuisse]

This study is a fail on so many levels. On the other hand, as a political statement that poker is a game of skill maybe it works because the people it targets are even more moronic poker-wise than the authors of the study.

 

[theskillzdatklls]

dumb article, skill just depends on the # of hands you play. its impossible to put an exact %... b/c its irrelevant w/o more info.

 

[Nukking Futs]

Well I can agree with betting taking down alot of the tables before a showdown. but I would of liked to see them do a studyof only hadns that went to a shown down with either preflop ot after the flop all in's. I think in online play in these sitiuations I run into so many people that get lucky. I do agree that often times there is alot of skill in the game but after the shove it is all luck.

 

[KyleJRM]

I play 6-max and win right about 1 out of every six pots, give or take.

There's some skill in bluffing. There's a lot more skill in getting a lot more out of the pots you win than your opponents do on the pots they win.