What's Harder Chess or Poker?

[black and]

What is harder in your opinion, chess or poker?

In my opinion, chess is a more difficult game. Poker also cannot be called an easy game, but chess, which has been played for hundreds of years, is a deeper, more strategic and more serious game.

 

[rufininha14]

I think poker is more difficult, because you always have to analyze the players, we don't always have good hands and we have to play on technique.

 

[ObbleeXY]

what do you mean? "What is harder?" To learn? to master?> To win? To get rank points?
Two completely different things.

Which is harder? Chemistry or Physics?
Which is harder, Terraforming Mars or exceeding limits of chemical propulsion?

Overall, the rules of play are relatively simple in both. In the end though, you can play a perfect game in poker and lose. When you play a perfect game in Chess the worst you should expect is a draw.

That said, an 1800 ranked chess player is going to beat a 600 rank player every game.
In poker, anyone can beat anyone in a single game...thought the odds are still in the favour of the pro.

So harder/easier isn't really a useful qualifier.

 

[TulasMoreno]

It's very silly to compare poker and chess! Chess is skill and talent, poker is just luck and luck)) In terms of difficulty and skill, poker is far behind chess

Poker is luck and luck? Lmao, tell me you’re not good at poker without telling me you’re not good at poker.

 

[kishamania]

chess does not tolerate mistakes
poker is more loyal, since there is His Majesty's bluff

 

[Four Dogs]

Chess is way harder. My bluffs never get through.

 

[Sunz of Beaches]

Poker is luck and luck? Lmao, tell me you’re not good at poker without telling me you’re not good at poker.

U are answering to a 3.5 year old post and that member u are answering to has not been active since 3 years 🥲

 

[Andrii Lubentsov]

Very different games, hard to compare.

 

[Dasha_21]

I think it's difficult in both areas

 

[thwenth1983]

Good morning everyone, in my opinion chess is much harder to play than poker, for the following reasons:
It is much easier to win in MTT poker than in chess.
If you play 50 hands of poker against the best in the world, you will win at least once, but in chess, if you play 50 games against Magnus Carlsen, you will certainly not win one.
After learning the theory of poker, which on average takes 1 year, it is already possible to make money playing micro limits. In chess, it takes years to learn the theory, openings, variations and subvariations, which is much more difficult.
In poker, you can make a few mistakes and still win money or win an MTT, in chess, if you make a mistake playing against the chess elite, you will most likely lose the game.

 

[bababooey]

I believe chess is the harder one to master. You see many people transition from chess to poker and do well but not so much the other way around.

 

[Alex Sentsov]

Chess is more difficult, but poker is more profitable)

 

[istbno]

Comparing chess and poker in terms of difficulty depends on the criteria you use. Chess is purely a game of skill with complete information and deterministic outcomes based on player moves, making it complex in strategy and requiring deep analytical thinking. Poker, however, involves both skill and elements of luck, with incomplete information and a significant psychological component. Poker requires understanding probabilities, reading opponents, and managing risk. Each game has its own complexities: chess in strategic depth and poker in psychological and probabilistic nuances. Which is harder varies by individual strengths and preferences.

 

[pavel1111111]

În my opinion poker îs way harder then chess, because involve very much the factor of LUCK 😂😂😂.. never lucky 😅

 

[nerobs9]

I think poker is easier)

 

[Peteski84]

It's clearly chess. There is no luck in chess. Poker is riddled with luck.

 

[aorodrigo]

Chess is obviously harder than poker

 

[VVi10]

Of course Poker. Because you need to be a good player and also count on luck too.

 

[jaymfc]

I wouldn't compare the two games but,
you can be the best in chess and win all your games.
in poker, you can be the best and it still guarantees nothing.

 

[Igor G]

What is harder in your opinion, chess or poker?

I think chess is a more difficult game. Let me explain. For example, a beginner can be taught to play poker, that is, to understand the basics for an elementary game, in just 1-2 hours. That is, 1-2 hours is enough to just start playing poker. As for chess, it takes much more time for preliminary training, to understand and start playing.

 

[NSX_Amfe2nat]

definetly poker

 

[Diman111]

I'm still thinking about chess. But I don't know how to play them)

 

[odonob]

I think poker because in chess all the pieces are before you. No runner runner in chess. But if you are playing a grand master then Poker is easier as anyone can beat anyone.

 

[gravii2011]

it's easier to play chess because if you make a wrong move it's your fault, but in poker you need luck more than skill, and in poker there are a lot of players who play aggressively with trash hands and they just get lucky. Chess is a serious game))

 

[keokeo]

Chess is harder than Poker. Poker requires more lucky