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Message: [QUOTE="marcoslopezbl, post: 5694695, member: 434862"] For years, I've believed that poker is a game of skill rather than luck. And, even if I can recognise the part it plays in the short term, I've been critical of people claiming to be "lucky" or "unlucky". However, I believe there are some games, like heads/tails or rock/paper/scissors which are entirely based on luck. I recently watched Daniel Negreanu's poker Masterclass (which I definitely recommend) and, while defining himself as an "exploitative player" gave the following example. Imagine I can recognize that a certain RPS player shows "rock" 40% of the time while showing "paper" and "scissors" 30% of the time. I would adjust my strategy to show "paper" 40% of the time and I would therefore win more often. Which leads me to my question. Apart from flipping a coin (which I would argue is not a "game" per se) is there ANY GAME whose outcome is SOLELY determined by luck? [/QUOTE]