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OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?

Posted By: David Rennie
Date: Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 4:23 a.m.

In Response To: OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck? (Joe Russell)

Thank you for demonstrating. THAT is how a shark tries to get himself invited to a weekly poker game. And that is skill.

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• OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
  Fender -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 8:04 p.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    Stick -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 9:02 p.m.
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    gammonitis -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 9:10 p.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 11:38 p.m.
    • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
      Bob Koca -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 11:52 p.m.
      • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
        Fatboy -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:14 a.m.
      • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 2:49 p.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    Fatboy -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 11:50 p.m.
  • Not according to Kit
    phil simborg -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 11:53 p.m.
    • Not according to Kit
      Fatboy -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:26 a.m.
    • Not according to Kit
      AdamStocks -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:01 p.m.
      • Not according to Kit
        phil simborg -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:28 p.m.
        • Not according to Kit
          AdamStocks -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 6:55 p.m.
          • Not according to Kit
            Fatboy -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 7:13 p.m.
  • OT: Academic paper: The Role of Skill Versus Luck in Poker Evidence From the World Series of Poker
    leobueno -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 1:41 a.m.
    • OT: Academic paper: The Role of Skill Versus Luck in Poker Evidence From the World Series of Poker
      AdamStocks -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:17 p.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    David Rennie -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 3:02 a.m.
    • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
      Joe Russell -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 4:19 a.m.
      • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
        David Rennie -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 4:23 a.m.
        • David, you have hit on the most important skill in poker or backgammon
          phil simborg -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:32 p.m.
          • David, you have hit on the most important skill in poker or backgammon
            lenny -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 11:41 p.m.
      • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 4:25 a.m.
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    tuvi -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 3:26 a.m.
    • It is not that much harder in backgammon
      phil simborg -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:35 p.m.
      • It is not that much harder in backgammon
        BenF -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 10:41 p.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    lenny -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 4:57 a.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    ah_clem -- Wednesday, 24 September 2014, at 1:31 p.m.