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kane · 05-28-2005, 11:05 AM

I've heard and read from many of the top pros that poker is about 75-80% skill and the rest is luck. Take for example last years world series of poker main event. Greg Raymer won and on his road to victory he called several big bets and all ins and in about half the cases he had the worst hand of the two and got lucky and outdrew his opponents. That's luck. But, figuring out how to get to the final table and putting yourself into position to be lucky is where the skill is. I saw a show were skalansy got pocket aces 3 times in the matter of about 15 hands. that's luck.

I've always thought the three biggest skills in poker is knowing how to read people, allowing yourself to be patient and wait for the good cards to come and understanding your odds.

05-28-2005, 11:05 AM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	I've heard and read from many of the top pros that poker is about 75-80% skill and the rest is luck. Take for example last years world series of poker main event. Greg Raymer won and on his road to victory he called several big bets and all ins and in about half the cases he had the worst hand of the two and got lucky and outdrew his opponents. That's luck. But, figuring out how to get to the final table and putting yourself into position to be lucky is where the skill is. I saw a show were skalansy got pocket aces 3 times in the matter of about 15 hands. that's luck. I've always thought the three biggest skills in poker is knowing how to read people, allowing yourself to be patient and wait for the good cards to come and understanding your odds.