Is poker just statistical or is it also intuitive?

[ZenonBR]

Do you believe that intuition is part of poker or is it just a game based on statistics?

 

[pescaofish]

is Poker, you do need the statistics but intuition in always a must!

 

[venycyos]

I think it's very much a game of intuition, but math shouldn't be overlooked. Intuition and luck ruin you in the short term, but math will give you the best result in the long term.

 

[CataRouillet]

I think that professionals have a lot of both. I don't think it's based on one option or the other.

 

[Luvepoker]

Poker is about the math. While intuition is great in a moment of time it really does not help in the long term.

 

[Ogma]

Intuition is huge in poker but get too intuitive and you'll end up beating yourself.

 

[ZenonBR]

Poker is about the math. While intuition is great in a moment of time it really does not help in the long term.

I agree, we have to have a balance between intuition and skill.

 

[jcxmendes]

In the static and mathematical conclusion, intuition is not something assertive!

 

[Falai_san]

Making the right decision at the right time is one of the basic things in the game of poker.

 

[Mag_P1e]

It seems to me that intuition can play a bad joke on us. When we make a call not according to the pot odds, but as a result we collect our "treasured" combination - we begin to think that we played correctly, but at a distance this will definitely have a negative impact on our winrate - we will lose more and more, because “our feeling” should someday it will work.

 

[alabos]

Both of them......i think intuitive is more important but dosen't guarantee anything

 

[Leandro6803]

Yes, it is a statistics game, but we must adapt our activity to the opponents we face, especially against very aggressive players.

 

[Rachidao]

Statistics online, intuition ( opponent read) live.

 

[takinitSLEAZEE]

Do you believe that intuition is part of poker or is it just a game based on statistics?

Yes, I think intuition eventually supersedes statistics since being in the know is a much better station than making a statistical evaluation. In other words, trusting your gut is the "mental nuts", imo. It seems there's always a hand or two or three etc., that I tell myself I should have "gone w/my gut" on that, whether it's a pf raise, a call on the turn, or a shove on the river, my intuition was right... In hindsight. Isn't that always how it is? Or so it seems.
But yeah, gut over stats.

 

[MathMDI]

When you've been playing for a long time, you notice that the statistics start to turn into intuition.

 

[Dasha_21]

There's a part of intuition and a part of the statistics. And of course it's good luck

 

[NightStalker]

I believe it's a mix of them.

 

[ztibor72]

Of course, intuition is also needed in online poker, but poker is based on mathematics, so statistics are more important, at least for me.
In live poker, intuition plays a much bigger role.

 

[ZenonBR]

I believe it's a mix of them.

That's what I think too.

 

[German629]

By my opinion, Intuition, of course, important part of Poker... Especially, I think, this important in Alive Game,
when no the opportunities to use different statistics...

 

[Gavincwb]

I always say that poker is 80% statistics and 20% luck

 

[Pityesz1974]

It is clearly a game based on mathematics, but intuition also comes into play, especially when catching a bluff.

 

[airxlns]

Well, if it was purely statistical it would have died a long time ago. Statistics are part of it but intuition and luck are present too.

 

[Ataman911]

Just a game that requires a lot of luck

 

[markdias]

Intuition combines with emotion, and if you go that way, it won't work in the long term, better follow the statistics!