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Raz1969
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Let me hear some good saying from the OG’s here.!
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Poker is both: strategy in the long run, gambling in the short run.
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I believe it's a strategy game, but bad luck is always present. It's a crazy combination.
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Hello, according to me strategy but not 100% you have to have luck sometimes.
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I don't think poker fits the definition of gambling! Because you control the course of the game. You decide what you play with and how long you play! Fortune is only in the hand. 🤔🤔
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Deffenetly poker is stratagy also big gamble
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Don't kid yourselves. It's gambling
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Technically, poker is a game of strategy and skill, although it contains an element of short-term luck. In short, in the long run, in a tournament, poker is a game where strategy is the necessary tool to overcome luck.
On the other hand, some believe that poker is not a game, but a mental sport, since players can win without having the best hand, using techniques such as bluffing and controlling their position at the table.
On the other hand, some believe that poker is not a game, but a mental sport, since players can win without having the best hand, using techniques such as bluffing and controlling their position at the table.
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Poker is a gambling ‘strategy’ game where your skills and experience matter, but the outcome will still depend on your luckRaz1969 said:
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its a strategy game and a thinking sport like chess for example
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Poker is a game of strategy, but in the short term, luck or misfortune can have a significant influence.
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Poker is strategy with gambling elements.
In the short term it feels like gambling, but over time the better decisions win.
Luck decides single hands, strategy decides who stays profitable.
In the short term it feels like gambling, but over time the better decisions win.
Luck decides single hands, strategy decides who stays profitable.
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it is bout long and short game. no exception otherwise the final result would always be the same.
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Either you have a strategy, or you're part of a...
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poker is gambling until you flop a royal flush
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Strategy: if there's a 2% chance on the river and it hits, it's part of the game and no gambling!
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If poker is a game, it depends on each player, on how to use tricks to deceive our opponents.
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It depends on your point of view. If you're a player who doesn't know the game, its nature, and strategies very well, it will certainly seem like a game of chance. But if you know the game, you'll see that 75% of your good results depend on your choices, that is, your game strategy.
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It starts as gambling then strategy, but at the final table it turns into gambling again 😁
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This comes up all the time, and the real answer is both.
Poker is gambling in the short term. You’re risking money on outcomes you can’t fully control. Cards run hot or cold, and anyone can win a session and in the long term, skill shows up over volume. Better players consistently win because they make higher EV decisions, manage risk, and adapt to opponents.
Poker is gambling in the short term. You’re risking money on outcomes you can’t fully control. Cards run hot or cold, and anyone can win a session and in the long term, skill shows up over volume. Better players consistently win because they make higher EV decisions, manage risk, and adapt to opponents.
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Poker is a game of strategy for robots, AI bots and the less than 1% who can truly read a table and the players sitting around it. For the rest of us, if we're being honest which were not most of the time, it's gambling.
freerolls though are not gambling since you're not risking your own money. Just don't make the jump thinking that your performance in freerolls is an indicator of your future as a professional poker player. It's absolutely not.
freerolls though are not gambling since you're not risking your own money. Just don't make the jump thinking that your performance in freerolls is an indicator of your future as a professional poker player. It's absolutely not.
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Poker is Strategy
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I think poker is 80% skill and 20% luck.
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Definitely both u need a good strategy but also the gamble of the good luck!
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There are players for whom poker is a game of chance, and I think they are the majority. But there are players for whom poker is a strategy, a long-term strategy, and such players are in the minority. It is better for you to decide for yourself what poker means to you. For me personally, poker is just a game of chance that helps me pay my bills.Raz1969 said: