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What do you guys think
Is Poker a Game of luck? I heard very interesting positions up to now
 
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It's a game of strategy and skill, although you should always have a little bit of luck.
 
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Both, and on the skill side it is not only poker knowledge and technical skill but also mental skills
 
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This is a game of skill, luck only affects the amount you win
 
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Poker is both luck and skill, but not in equal measure over time.

In the short term, luck can make a bad player look like a genius or a good player look like they forgot how to play. That’s the nature of variance — cards fall where they may.

But in the long run, skill is what decides who consistently comes out ahead. Skill isn’t just knowing pot odds or ranges; it’s reading people, managing your emotions, adapting to table dynamics, and making decisions that maximize value over hundreds or thousands of hands.
 
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It's a mixture of luck and good nature.Both are important.
 
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Both, not exclusively one or the other. But much more balanced on the skill side.
 
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I would say that poker is a mix of luck and skill. Luck decides the cards you receive, but skill decides how you play them—and, over time, skill has a much greater impact on your results. In the short term, anyone can win. In the long run, the best players generally come out on top.
 
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lalacleo said:
Что вы, ребята, думаете?
Покер — это игра на удачу? Я слышал очень интересные позиции.
I've written an answer to a similar question before. More broadly, poker is undoubtedly a gaming skill where success depends on the player's ability to make mathematically correct decisions rather than luck. However, luck plays no less important role in the future, and even experienced players may lose due to random hands.
 
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Why not both?

But you need to focus only on the skill part of it, as the luck can't be controlled by you...
 
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lalacleo said:
What do you guys think
Is Poker a Game of luck? I heard very interesting positions up to now
Poker is a combination. Both luck and skill are necessary components for successful play. In my opinion, the ratio of skill to luck in online poker is approximately 70%/30%.
 
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It is a clear mix of the two. It can also lean in both directions. Goes your way, doesn't go your way. Did you decide or did it decide.
 
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Poker is a game with a lot of randomness, but to be a winning player over the long term, you need to have skill.
 
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Definitely a mixture of both plus a million other things that can occur on online poker.
 
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lalacleo said:
What do you guys think
Is Poker a Game of luck? I heard very interesting positions up to now
In my opinion, skill, patience, knowledge, and luck.
Today, playing MTT, I saw something I hadn't seen before: AA vs. QQQ, and the winner was 29, a flush.
 
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lalacleo said:
What do you guys think
Is Poker a Game of luck? I heard very interesting positions up to now
Hi @lalacleo eo!

Here You have few answers:

In my opinion:
Higher stakes = mindset is very important
Lower stakes = knowledge is great advantage (position, ranges, Nash, equity...)
 
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80% skill 20% sorte
 
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lalacleo said:
What do you guys think
Is Poker a Game of luck? I heard very interesting positions up to now
Skills + Luck.
If you want to be a player who makes money, you need both skills and luck, but skills are more important for such players. If you want to have fun, then luck will probably be more important for you. I think everything is relative and depends primarily on your goals.
 
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at low levels, luck is important.
At top leveld, on the longrun luck has no influence
 
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For me, I believe it's a matter of skill. If you rely on luck, you won't be a profitable player. Poker requires studying and developing your techniques to read your opponents, etc.
 
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I think luck is 30% of poker , it is a very important
 
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A little bit of both, luck and strategy, luck for you when you win something against your odds, and strategy for knowing when to pay, retire and bluff.
 
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Both, but, without skill, you can't earn money in long term.
 
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A game about skill, but there’s no place without luck
 
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More of skills and more of luck 🍀
 
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