joe777 said:
A little bit of both. I have been in hands where I have nothing and bluff guys that have 3 of a kind. It's all about what's on the board and what the other guy(s) think you're going for.
For example one hand I completely bluffed and ended up chip leader in a sitngo with. I had 6h/3s. I was on big blind. I got raised 2 times the bb, blinds were big at this point and I knew they were trying to steal so I raised 2 times again. all folded except that one guy. On the board flops Ah Js 9h, he bets half pot, I wait a bit knowing I'm going to pretend like I got a flush if another heart comes up, I call casually, and turn is a 4d, he bets half pot again, I wait till half my timer is gone and call, bam heart on river, he checks I quickly fire a pot sized bet he waits a bit then folds and shows 3 of a kind 9. He thought I hit a flush because that's how I played the hand to make it look like that's what I was going for. When all I had was a 6 high. I won that sitngo because it put me so far ahead in chips I just bullied everyone after that and stole blinds.
However!!! you will never win a tournament without a little bit of luck mixed in, it is impossible. You still need to catch some good hands here and there and get lucky on all in scenarios.
Luck is a big part of the game of poker. Without luck, fish would not have a chance of winning. Luck should not determine, the win rate of good poker player. If you are chasing luck, you are either in a tournament, or a bad poker player.
deceptionist99 said:
I agree with you.In short distances especially in MTT luck comes first and then the ability to.If you take a long distance such as the S&G tournaments, then there is greater ability to solve.But in any case, these two factors are closely linked with each other.
If I play 50 hands against Doug Polk or Phil Galfond heads up, I might stand a chance based on two factors: 1- lack of information, which benefits me the most since he's the guy that is supposed to benefit the most on information. The more information the superior player hás on you, the wider the skill Gap. 2- luck matters most on low sample size.
500 thousands of hands? Luck means nothing. The player on his best form will win. There's no doubt.
500 thousands of hands? Luck means nothing. The player on his best form will win. There's no doubt.
Lucky and poker are connected. However, on my view, poker is also related with our skills and our behaviour. Patiente is extremely needed, being able to reed our opponent is very important, etc. If poker was a really lucky game we wouldn´t see the some players achieving so many final tables like thei do...just look at Timex o achieve 7 consecutive final tables on ept high roller...
