Is poker gambling, yes or no?

[Silversurfer99]

Yes, while there may be a little "skill" involved at times, it`s mostly "Luck", therefore gambling.

 

[Highfish]

It´s gambling with a skill and learn factor.

 

[amonlima]

Poker is a game of skill! It's like the financial market, you earn with studies and in the long term.

 

[mcbeaker]

It is actually not a matter of opinion.

Gambling is the act of wagering or betting money or something of value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the intent to win more money or things of value than was wagered. Therefore, whenever you buy-in to play poker, it is gambling.

By this definition, basically all of life is a gamble. At least transferred. We always invest something without knowing what will actually be on it today, next week or in a few years. Maybe not always money, but time, life force or whatever. But honestly, in times of global capitalism, these things could theoretically always be converted into money. Even if it is unappealing.

 

[Gallarado777]

There will always be an opinion shared here, many will think that it's not gambling, the other half will think it's gambling, so how do you believe it will be

 

[dreamer13]

For many people, poker is associated with a typical game of chance, as it uses cards. Many have watched movies about poker where people lost a lot of money and were left with nothing because of an unfortunate hand. At the word “poker”, everyone has a picture of a casino where people spend their money, hope for luck and often leave with a big loss. It is in the casino that poker is located next to roulette and slot machines, which are gambling.

 

[German629]

I think, this depends on individual person, playing in Poker... I mean, if person is playing not by bankroll, more believe in Luck, than in Skill,
doesn't work above Game, and etc... Then this Poker may to call Gambling... If all is reverse, then this Poker may to call interesting, developmental,
intellectual Game, where also may to earn Money! Something like that!..

 

[dregan]

I would say that excitement can not be associated with skill and luck. Here it is necessary to speak purely of excitement whether playing poker or not. We are talking about the dependence of the player on the game. If society and the state believe that poker is a game of chance, then it is so. If poker was not considered a game of chance, then it would certainly already be among sports games such as chess and checkers.

 

[Zorba]

poker is not a gamble because there is no random factor only human factor and it's up to you whether you enter or wait and not like a slot machine where you have to spin

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What about those random 1 and 2 outers on the river, or the shuffled deck, isn't that random??

 

[ledsmith]

In poker, the main interest is not to show skill, not to beat the opponent, but to earn as much money as possible. Naturally, this is a game of chance.

 

[Matt_Burns88]

As with almost all things poker - it depends.

There is no doubt that there is an element of skill and an element of luck involved in poker and the biggest skill of all is bankroll management.
Although you can never remove luck from the game entirely, if you play in a game with a big enough edge and a big enough bankroll, then it removes the gambling aspect completely.
For most people though, yes it is gambling, either because they do not have the required level of skill to consistently beat the games they are playing, or because they don't have the bankroll to sustain the downswings, or.....both.

 

[wavetune]

Yes, it's a gamble
about blackjack... I read somewhere that blackjack is the most dangerous game, in terms of turning a player into a ludoman, people playing poker can also become addicted, but poker in this regard is a safer game in my opinion

 

[theStarfish]

It's a still game with a element of luck. Otherwise everyone would be a winner long-term, but obviously this is not the case. Skilled players will always be more successful.

 

[Chica_bonita]

Hello.
Poker is an interesting game closely related to mathematics, in which there is a certain element of luck. You can't call any game gambling - you can call a person gambling, regardless of what game he is playing (even tic-tac-toe).
This is just my opinion.

 

[KANNE 1972]

For me, poker is a game of chance of any kind. It requires a certain amount of skill, but without the right cards at the right moment...
The cards fall as they fall and you simply can't influence that.

 

[Sash_XXL]

I think it depends a lot more on your skills than on your luck

 

[Dailon Arroyo Blandon]

It will depend a lot on the way you play it... if you play without any clear criteria or strategy it will only be a gambling game... but if you have a strategy based on the mathematical study of probabilities... then you will know that luck does not exist in poker... and that when you lose hands as strong as "AA" or "KK" it is not bad luck that will be what we call variance... which exists in the calculation of probabilities, From In this way I end by saying that if you want to be successful in poker you must study it

 

[JappsPK]

Gambling for sour.

 

[Quaresma]

I'm sure poker is not a game of chance. Whoever has the best strategy wins. If that were the case, we wouldn't have players with multiple titles. Would they be considered luckier than others?
What proves this is that not always who has the best hand wins.

 

[mcbeaker]

What about those random 1 and 2 outers on the river, or the shuffled deck, isn't that random??

No, a One or Two Outer does not appear randomly often on the board, but in 2.2 percent and 4.3 percent of all identical situations. These are clear numbers. And stochastics is not a frippery but a mathematical subdiscipline that says that in the long run this so-called miracle does not appear on the river in 97.8 and 95.7 percent. This is the opposite of "random".

A poker professional does not look at the individual case, but at the long-term result. And in the long run, poker is therefore never a gamble for him. If Pluribus had sometimes won, but sometimes lost, over these many thousands of hands against the poker pros, then one might ponder whether it was all just a matter of chance. But Plurisbus had consistently beaten them all, which says that the game is predictable. And it is thus approached with optimal concepts and executed just not a gamble, but a secure source of income. As long as you are better than the others.

 

[Roobz75]

It's a sticky wicket question. If you play a complete cash game; putting in actual money before you perform an action, then that is classic gambling, BUT If you're playing with chips, but have a prize(s) win of the buy ins, then that's more a prize game, than a gamble..??🤔🤔🤔

 

[steve01991]

yes, if you are risking your money, its a gamble.

 

[pavel1111111]

It all depends on you!!!! You must control yourself... but if you cant... don't play

 

[Rachidao]

If a 7-2 can beat AA, it's gamble, you only maximize your chances with your choices.

 

[044hero]

Yes and no, but so far from overall casino games - poker is the most controlled game by human)