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Message: [QUOTE="teutonic1, post: 5059611, member: 344065"] The skillful poker player, in the long run, overcomes luck - or least reduces and flattens variance. In the short term, we are all in the hands of the poker gods. So the answer is yes to: Is poker a game of skill or chance? It is both, but for the serious poker player the idea is to learn to play poker as optimally as possible. Learning is itself a skill, but a bigger skill is applying what you learn in the heat of battle. Every decision has an element of chance due to incomplete information but the best players seek every profit opportunity by grinding out marginal edges on a continual basis. We all like the big win but its the small edges we achieve over our competitors that allow one to build a bankroll. Poker isn't just for Christmas but for life. [/QUOTE]