Poker is definitely a game of skill with a hearty dose of variance "luck" thrown in. The huge number of poker training software and labs out there are your first hint at how profitable poker can be if you do your homework. I know it can feel like your unlucky at times but keep putting in the work and you'll see your hourly pick up. Long term skill crushes luck in the poker world.
Luck
The luck is hitting cards on the board or holding them. You can't win long term if you are card dead most of it. Can you still win a pot, yes. But long term if you play with bad cards you will lose. If you steal a few blinds eventually you get caught. Even get in a few bluffs. The skill is recognizing where you stand in the hand and how you sell yourself. Vice versa how well the other people can receive you. Laying down a monster is a skill alone that makes people great. Making them believe you have the monster is a skill. Does it work on everyone no. That's why people get beat in a hand by inexperienced players. They are playing there cards not the big presentation you are presenting. Money maker is a good example. No one can win a big tourney without some major luck factor.
The luck is hitting cards on the board or holding them. You can't win long term if you are card dead most of it. Can you still win a pot, yes. But long term if you play with bad cards you will lose. If you steal a few blinds eventually you get caught. Even get in a few bluffs. The skill is recognizing where you stand in the hand and how you sell yourself. Vice versa how well the other people can receive you. Laying down a monster is a skill alone that makes people great. Making them believe you have the monster is a skill. Does it work on everyone no. That's why people get beat in a hand by inexperienced players. They are playing there cards not the big presentation you are presenting. Money maker is a good example. No one can win a big tourney without some major luck factor.
I think poker is 85% skill 15% luck maybe even less then that poker is a real math edged skill
game if you don't know the maths of the game your going to be crushed in poker. odds and outs play a big roll after the flop so if you don't like that game you better be willing to shove preflop which will piss a bunch a people off if you do to much. I like odds and outs style play so I like seeing flops personally but I also like +Ev poker so I don't see flops with just any two cards they have to be positive EV cards to see the flop like AQ+ ATs+ TT+ and stuff like that
depends on position I'm in two I may get widen that range a little more in late position but not by much maybe to AT+ A8s+ and 88+ but that's about it from the late position. unless I went completely crazy or the table is just out of it's mind wild and I know I can explot it. so that where I come from when I play poker.
game if you don't know the maths of the game your going to be crushed in poker. odds and outs play a big roll after the flop so if you don't like that game you better be willing to shove preflop which will piss a bunch a people off if you do to much. I like odds and outs style play so I like seeing flops personally but I also like +Ev poker so I don't see flops with just any two cards they have to be positive EV cards to see the flop like AQ+ ATs+ TT+ and stuff like that
depends on position I'm in two I may get widen that range a little more in late position but not by much maybe to AT+ A8s+ and 88+ but that's about it from the late position. unless I went completely crazy or the table is just out of it's mind wild and I know I can explot it. so that where I come from when I play poker.
