Is poker a game of luck or skill?

Skill VS Luck?In poker

  • Skill

    Votes: 11 24.4%
  • Luck

    Votes: 2 4.4%
  • Skill and Luck

    Votes: 32 71.1%

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Baoka

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Skill is always necessary, but without luck, you cannot win fully in poker.
 
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Well it is definitely a game of skill but you cannot win tournaments without a bit of luck. If somehow the Poker Gods are good to you, and you can pull off 3 lucky hands you might win the tournament. Remember that even A's get cracked often, so the luck there will either be that your aces don't get cracked or that you can crack someone else's aces. Good luck to you.
 
romerim

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For me skill counts more than luck.
 
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Your opponent got a better hand than yours, a hand he did nothing to deserve, so it was luck.
His opponent took advantage of his luck by increasing the bet, that was skill.

The cards that come to you, your opponent, or the table that you don't decide are luck.
What you do with your chips and what is generally up to you is skill.

Sometimes we can't even decide what to do with the chips, when we are in the blind or big blind for example, so the game is more balanced, requiring both luck and skill, leaning a little more towards what would be luck, but still It's well balanced, requiring both things to happen.
 
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deffo both but skill becomes very important the higher the stakes
 
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A little bit of both, cant really do nothing without a little bit of luck
 
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Every game and sport has an element of luck and skill, this percentage is different depending on the game.

What characterizes poker is the significant element of luck and to kill luck you have to play a large number of games and have good skills.
 
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I think it is a game of skill because if you see most of the important tournaments, the winners and those who reach ft are always the same. But I think you need a little luck sometimes.
 
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I would say at one point it’s luck, in the long term it’s a skill, so overall it’s a mix))
 
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Poker is a game of skill with elements of luck combination, The skill comes with putting your money in when you have better odds than your opponent. Therefore in the long run you will end up winning money...
Then comes the skill in bluffing and bluff catching.. making your opponent put down cards better than yours and making them call when you are good, And for every session and games you need a little bit of luck involved.
 
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Definently both. Sometimes you hhit that 2 percetn sometimes you dont. But if you play your positions right, raise it right, them chips over time gone get higher up.
 
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Both, luck matters more than people think.
 
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Skills and luck.
Both of these factors are important and crucial. The absence of one of these factors will not allow you to get a good result. But it is also advisable to add two more equally important factors, namely patience and experience.
 
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In short term, luck can be a factor. Aswell, for lower level players.
But for good players, on the longrun, luck evens out and it's not decisive at all
 
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90% luck as even the pros say. You need a certain skill level to win tournaments.
 
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I'm thinking 50/50. It is also important to have the right skills
 
Igor Popadyk

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if it’s more of a hobby, then it’s more likely luck, if you’re a professional player, then it’s still more of a skill - when playing over a long distance, bad luck is smoothed out by a long distance, but luck must still be present
 
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I have the same situation, friend, when I always go all-in, I have the best chances of winning, but very often I lose to frankly weak opponents.
 
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It depends on which tournaments you play, free tournaments are pure luck, you don't need to have skill, a test is the turbo tournaments that are in CC, they go up with any thing, and pay all in with anything.
 
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By and large, players today try to trust luck, so the desire for skills is somewhat blurred. You need to play thousands of hands before skill begins to prevail over luck. However, if you win one hand, attributing it to skill is completely wrong.
 
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Both, but you can't relay on luck everytime to win, so you need to improve your skill in orden to be better at poker.
 
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poker is a game of skills and in some moments of luck but without a doubt what will make you win money is your skill and not luck
 
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