| Posted by: jpockets at November 15, 2005, 12:28 am | | Topic: How Much Luck Is There In Poker? Forum: Card Chat |
Quote: Originally Posted by t1riel
There are so many different kinds of skills possible in poker—the number might be 50 or 500, depending on how narrowly you want to define "skill"—that even if two players possess the same number of skills (let's say 28 of the 50), they aren't going to be the same 28 skills.
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Loved the article, loved this point. Anyone care to share what they think the different skills are and how they rate them
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| Posted by: t1riel at November 11, 2005, 6:16 pm | | Topic: How Much Luck Is There In Poker? Forum: Card Chat |
After reading IrishDave's thread about luck in poker, I stumlbed upon a great article that deals with luck in poker. Enjoy!
How Much Luck Is There In Poker?
Beginning poker players and advanced poker players rarely concern themselves with the same questions, but there is one question that irtually all poker players, regardless of skill, ask themselves on a regular basis: how much luck is there in poker?
Rank beginners tend to treat poker much like they would treat craps, roulette, or other pure chance games. They think they'll win if they catch good cards and lose if they don't.
As players start to learn a little, they recognize how much more they now know than they did before, usually overrating their newfound abilities, and they pass through a stage where they feel there is ery little luck in poker.
When players become truly advanced, their iew on luck is a bit tougher to pin down. Most great players have big poker egos, and that kind of ego does not allo... | | Read Entire Entry |
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