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Originally Posted by TumblrPRO
Poker is gambling... If you like playing, go ahead, it's a nice game to play and have some fun. But don't come with the bullshit that you can have some strategy or apply science, or some acting to bluff and win...
Otherwise everyone would be playing poker and would be millionaires.
POKER = GAMBLING...
Nothing else to add, it's pretty clear, this is not rocket science... End of discussion for me. Bye.
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There are aspects of poker that are luck. That is why everyone will lose at some point. If your opponent gets dealt two kings and hits two more on the flop there is nothing you can do about that. You can only hope you realize that you are beat before you lose too much.
The skill of the games comes in many forms. One is figuring out if someone has a tell. Another is just knowing the odds. Still another is knowing the pot odds and your return on a bet. You can use this information to decide if the odds favor you and if it is worth taking a risk.
Some of it is acting as well. If you can convince everyone else that you have a good hand they will lay theirs down and you win. Also, having a good hand and convincing others that you don't so they will bet is just as difficult a skill to learn.
The reason many pro poker players end up going broke is that they are compulsive, degenerate gamblers. They think because they are good at cards they are also good and picking sports bets or they are good at other things. The gambling is in their blood and they many of them can't stop themselves. Some of it is ego as well. they start to lose, get out of it mentally and start making mistakes and convince themselves to keep playing instead of just walking away from it.