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[QUOTE="DS3, post: 5475304, member: 407846"]
We can, one and all, big ourselves up endlessly about luck and how we circumvent the bad side of luck by playing skillfully, but really that's a lot of nonsense.

People do not play hand after hand with 'any two hands' and contrary to the impression many give, the vast majority of players do not bluff regularly either.  More often they semi-bluff when pushing an edge - they have equity to one degree or another. However, most hands which reach showdown depend on hand strength, and to be holding a strong hand you need the luck of having been dealt one in the first place.

We all have fundamental skill sets, and most here study the game and are ambitious to improve. But I know when I am 'running bad' (my game alters little and if anything should incrementally improve with time and study) so when I do 'run good' I don't sit around and pat myself on the back. Yes, I can have had a great session and make some great calls- I can say I played well. But the proviso is (generally), I got the cards to do so....and that is luck dependent more than most like to admit.
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