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Message: [QUOTE="dasher, post: 2327612, member: 111403"] #2 clearly describes poker. When you hold AK and see on an Ace on the flop, you figure it unlikely that anyone at the table holds both of the remaining Aces. So you make your bet based on that. But, in this particular hand you could be wrong and be totally dominated. Luck. Or you have pocket Jacks and based on the stack sizes the correct play puts you all in. Your opponent has AK. That is a coin flip, in which your advantage is very small. You couldn't complain about losing that hand. Luck. You are playing the odds. Whether it's the odds of what possible hands your opponent can have or the odds of someone making their hand. Your expected value is based on everything that might happen. Over time, if you get your money in at the right times, you will win. But I don't comprehend how anyone can deny the luck of any given hand. [/QUOTE]