Is poker like the lottery or sport or requires discipline?

[Cooking]

For me poker definitely is a game of skill and discipline. Of course you can win one tournament only with luck, but it's very difficult to be a successful poker player in the long run without skill and discipline.

 

[LOKIE77]

Game of mind, skill, luck, so need to know and stick to your strategy and tactics and be agile and flexible enough to adjust and use both exploitative tactics and math to assist in making your decisions and take advantage of the table dynamics and situation on every hand and every street. Good luck

 

[mmmnsm]

POKER becomes lotery after all in... any other hands need skills...

 

[bowserdon]

luck skill patience knowledge of odds endurance and perseverance.

 

[brightonlad]

There is an element of luck for sure. However if you pay attention to betting patterns of players you may be able to enhance your chances of winning depending on the type of player. You can always be lucky or unlucky though.

 

[VikK030p13]

It's a sports. There is federations of poker in many countries.

 

[viacheslavtezikov]

I think poker includes all 3 factors, this is the lottery, and sports, and discipline. For example, luck still plays a role in tournaments, and since people compete for titles, this is partly a sport.

 

[BillyR23]

Like other members said, I also think that poker is a combination of skills, strategy and like in all the other sports and/or other aspects of life, luck has it's part too(tho I agree that in poker sometimes/ on short term luck can be an important factor).

 

[hcuervo]

poker is discipline added to sweet luck, since without it we are not going anywhere

 

[pltelles]

It's not a lottery, but a lot of discipline and resilience

 

[Poker Orifice]

Hi all!
If poker were comparable to the lottery, we would not be able to observe the bright personalities who are the masters of this game. Poker is all about strategy, discipline and mathematics.

Actually poker is a lot like the lottery... but some of the players show up with a lot more tickets!

 

[Gotmog1]

If you play freerolls, then it looks like a lottery, because there is always a wabank on the preflop. And in online poker there are a lot of gamblers who like to go all-in, so it's still on the lottery. And in live poker, the discipline is very positive.

 

[vnnby]

A moot point, on the one hand, poker skill, but on the other hand, poker software and additional solutions like mystery bounty equalize the chances of luck.