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Message: [QUOTE="GeorgeF1234, post: 3162005, member: 197467"] I think it depends on context and scale. On any single table there is a lot of luck. The fact that a complete novice can beat a pro purely because of luck (and he would have to be very lucky) just because of his cards and making stupid calls etc, is proof. I'm not saying this will happen at all frequently but we all know it is possible. Could this happen in a game of chess? No. There is no luck in chess. But put that same pro against the amateur 49 more times and it's highly probable that the score will be 1:49 to the pro. This is because of the normal distribution curve of standard deviation. [/QUOTE]