I think that analyzing game situations very well is very important, both in cash and even more so in MTT.
In MTT one day I saw a post on another site from a pro player who said that in a crossed hand where 3 intervened in a bubble in which he with a big stack could go out, he folded AA and later declared that it was a correct decision because lost to another opponent's QQ straight flush.
Maybe at that moment the player thought there would be another opportunity and that was not the time despite having had AA.
From now on, luck is a very incidental factor in the game. And someone who plays Omaha
tells you, that it is a game where the law of possibilities is enormous and luck is a very influential factor.
Sometimes on a turn you have so many possibilities to put in a river from flush to full straights etc, the odds are enormous, and you get anything nothing to do with what you wanted. This is the luck that did not run in your favor.
Many years ago at Unibet poker I won an MTT that paid me 600 euros, a lot of money in 2006 for me at least.
I remember that I was very comfortable in position 2 and a hand came with me in BB with 22. UTG went allin with 77 CO went allin with AA and BN went allin with QQ. It was my turn to call, and I thought, well if I call this I'm still in the middle of the board and if I win I'll go high up and call.
the showdown was 72Q25. I put in 4 quads out of 2, tell me the truth, wasn't that lucky???
And the answer is yes, it was luck. I was NOT supposed to call that hand and the cosmos was definitely aligned for me to win that tournament.
So whoever says that luck does not matter much is undoubtedly lying.
My regards, brother



