Is Poker Like the Lottery?

adoadoado76 · May 3, 2020

poker is Bingo

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bigthereal · May 3, 2020

sometimes it's much worse

ajtrevor · May 3, 2020

No I do not think poker is like the lottery. There is less chance involved in poker.

kubistok · May 3, 2020

Nick301274 said:
how often did you happen to have a 100% confidence on the flop that you should win, and on the river you lose

But poker is not about only one hand. And if I have nuts on the flop, I try to play so I don't have to see the flop.

mottap14 · May 3, 2020

I think it might be like the lottery but a little bit more complicated. It is like buying lottery each hand. online poker is difficult and I think you gotta be a really lucky guy.

doma47 · May 3, 2020

When you start your career without knowledge of the game it might be a lottery for players

tengteng · May 3, 2020

i use to play for 10 years and now i think i have to learn more

flagstone · May 3, 2020

Nick301274 said:
how often did you happen to have a 100% confidence on the flop that you should win, and on the river you lose

As I was scrolling through this thread, I just had my K high flush beaten by smaller suited cards, but he had a straight flush. I didn't even see that one coming lol
I lost recently with quads too. The board was 22KKK, and I had pocket 2s. I hit 3 quads that day... It seems to me that crazy miracle hands happen waaaaaaaay more online than in real life, so I think online poker is a little like a lottery in that respect. That's why I'd never play the stakes online that I play in person.

run187 · May 3, 2020

In the lower limit tourneys, it is and headhunters. The ones who chuck all in every hand normally have a roi of like negative 78 though..

Borataylor · May 3, 2020

I've been feeling that way more and more lately.Cards don't arrive at all.And if they do, the opponent still has a better hand.This makes the game very uninteresting lately.

Aleksmy · May 3, 2020

Constantly. It's just unbelievable

Mateo · May 3, 2020

Yes and no, it's luck based, but you control the amount you want to pay at each stage. This means you can estimate chances of profit, and pay what you want for that. So as a whole it becomes less luck based

alex_dorda · May 3, 2020

terryk said:
The royal flush is 100% ,, all other hands can and will lose. :wavey:

Трудно с этим не согласиться !!)

alex_dorda · May 3, 2020

In fact, only a flush grand piano on the flop gives you 100% confidence!

nellorossi83 · May 3, 2020

I dont know what is happening with me, but i need buy another mouse... so unlucky... so angry

lexyyxel · May 3, 2020

I'll say NO, especially live poker

danydidi · May 3, 2020

dany

in lottery if you loose you will not loose all your money +its once a week or twice , but poker everyday for long hours even 24 hours online ,so i you dont have control ohhhhh

chuckycheese · May 3, 2020

NHequalsFU said:
Poker is a lottery, where the better players have more tickets.

I would say the richer players ,have more tickets. they can withstand the bad beats and keep going especially in omaha.

vajavava · May 3, 2020

No poker is SKILLS no lottery ..some times need luck but the math is in the game and psychology

makian · May 3, 2020

Nick301274 said:
how often did you happen to have a 100% confidence on the flop that you should win, and on the river you lose

my defeats don't usually remember how bad it is, the important thing is to remember the hands lost by your mistake and try not to make mistakes like that! remembering that after the flop, we have two more community cards so we can think about the development of the hand before reaching the showdown

rodo 2285 · May 3, 2020

no

I do not think so, but some people who play in a lottery way expecting me to get the winning card, and many times it happens.
For me it is a game of strategy, lies and knowing when to play and also withdrawing.

HungryLyan · May 3, 2020

It certainly feels that way that poker is like lottery but in the back of my mind I should know that my odds are more likely to win a hand than lose even when I see many situations at showdown that I play my hands and sitting with 80% chance of winning that hand.

horseshoebhole · May 8, 2020

Nick301274 said:
how often did you happen to have a 100% confidence on the flop that you should win, and on the river you lose

multiple times. My favorite part of poker is to look at stats that show 10000 games played and they average like $1.50 profit an hour. Its just long long hours of making the right decisions.

santidemar · May 8, 2020

NHequalsFU said:
Poker is a lottery, where the better players have more tickets.

My idea is like this. Always I talk with my friend MatiAldosivi10 about it. He says he is viewing a lot of videos, theory and studies of Poker. I tell him that i prefer playing: I think that my poker knowledge is basic but able to play to have fun. I enjoy to learn playing (ussualy losing haha).

Best player of the world may lose versus a principiant or a bad player if the luck isn't with him.

Airles17 · May 8, 2020

lottery? kkk
have you seen the world lottery champion?
the best hand on the flop, losing on the river happens .. it is part of the variance.

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