Natta777
Legend
Platinum Level
For me there is 40% success, 40% intuition, 20% knowledge.In such games, as фрироллы, where enormous amount of novices, a large role is determined by success.Oftentimes, playing correctly, my pair of АА was beaten by more weak maps, because novices do not think of correct game.In such games I trust only to the intuition
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HaroldHouse
Rock Star
Bronze Level
I think skill and correct decisions make up 70%. Because you can make the correct decisions to fold on any hand that you will lose in the end. The 30% luck is quessing when 72o is going to draw out against your AA.
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Sacredoro
Rock Star
Silver Level
Poker is a game of skill in the long run. Poker online is more skill dependent than live. You can play much more hands online and you can also have software to analyze your sessions to identify leaks in your game.
To become a winning poker player you have to work hard, study the game, adapt to your opponents and be willing to improve your game on a daily basis.
To become a winning poker player you have to work hard, study the game, adapt to your opponents and be willing to improve your game on a daily basis.
MadDeVille
Rock Star
Silver Level
I dont know what to say about that. I played a few tournaments that we won with almost every hand, maked big stack, runnig hot and another last week such as bounty $ 55 on Pokerstars where I lost 3 times with AA in that same tournament.
antonis32123
Legend
Loyaler
I believe it's 80% skill 20% luck .
Even if you run extraordinary good (win coinflips , hit on the board most of the times sth better than your opponents ) , if you don't play with skill carefully ( know how to play every hand and on every position , adjust your way of playing accordingly to the pots/odds and the players you are against , steal on every nice occasion , etc) you will not be a winning player on the long run .
The more you know the better .
That's why some good players win a lot and have way far more earnings than others , online or live , or else all would break even after a long period of time/many years/decades
Even if you run extraordinary good (win coinflips , hit on the board most of the times sth better than your opponents ) , if you don't play with skill carefully ( know how to play every hand and on every position , adjust your way of playing accordingly to the pots/odds and the players you are against , steal on every nice occasion , etc) you will not be a winning player on the long run .
The more you know the better .
That's why some good players win a lot and have way far more earnings than others , online or live , or else all would break even after a long period of time/many years/decades
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GRPoker001
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Thank you for sharing a point to add you have to keep absorbing what is being shared.
Thank you for sharing a point to add you have to keep absorbing what is being shared and use it at your justice to call and read the FISH Vs the Avg. Hand., When you know it you got . . .you actually got it.
Thank you for sharing a point to add you have to keep absorbing what is being shared and use it at your justice to call and read the FISH Vs the Avg. Hand., When you know it you got . . .you actually got it.
Rob Hobson
Legend
Loyaler
There's luck in all kind of sports. But in poker, in a game with the blinds structure very hard (fast and big) and many players, sure luck counts, in my opinion, 60% or more, at least in the first half of the tournament.
But, in cash games, luck counts as well, bu not that much, maybe around 30%, in a long run.
Good Luck!
But, in cash games, luck counts as well, bu not that much, maybe around 30%, in a long run.
Good Luck!
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TRocker69
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Skill or Luck?
If you can find a poker site where other players don't know the cards then yes 50-50...
If you can find a poker site where other players don't know the cards then yes 50-50...
Erpherk
Rock Star
Silver Level
Skill is when you can pick up pots with nothing but knowledge of the enemy player, also folding when you are beat requires a lot of skill ...which i am terrible at. I think luck comes into play when you are forced to go all in and need your hand to hit or hold. All combined it makes 1 hell of a game.
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CallmeFloppy
Legend
Bronze Level
I would say that the game is mostly skill. Over the course of time, and enough hands, every players should be roughly dealt the same percentage of good vs bad hands, suckouts and bad beats.
Obviously none of us would allow our opponent to play against us if they, and not ourselves, were allowed to see all the cards in play. That would allow them an unfair advantage and could base their folds, calls, bets, raises and sizes of those to their full advantage.
Being a more skilled player gives you a similar advantage. By understanding how to bridge the gaps of the incomplete information of the game better than your opponent, you can take advantage of situations they can't.
Obviously none of us would allow our opponent to play against us if they, and not ourselves, were allowed to see all the cards in play. That would allow them an unfair advantage and could base their folds, calls, bets, raises and sizes of those to their full advantage.
Being a more skilled player gives you a similar advantage. By understanding how to bridge the gaps of the incomplete information of the game better than your opponent, you can take advantage of situations they can't.
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yedven
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Short term: luck and variance. Long term: Skill & Adoption
I don't think you can really put a %. It varies. With 70% skill, do top 10% players reach final table 70% of the time? Nope!
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Jammen
Enthusiast
Silver Level
What’s the famous Phil Helmuth quote? “If it weren’t for luck, I’d win them all”.
