Success in poker - skill or luck?

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It's definitely a skill game in the long run, but I'd say it's around 55% skill 45% luck for those with an actual skill edge.
Those thinking it's much higher skill, I'd say you are deluding yourselves, look at your win rates/roi, somewhere around the 10% mark for a decent winner?
Poker is brutal.
 
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Off course its more skill game , but also you need luck in this game , without luck hard to win .
 
anasslaaleg

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In the long run, skill is the dominant factor in poker.
 
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in my opinion :
skill / strategy 50%
mental 40%
luck 10%
 
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skill is key,... although sometimes it takes a little luck
 
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HáSkill takes you far, luck makes you play anyway. I used to be that player who played without any idea and often won by luck. When I learned the gameplay, I was able to reach the final.

1000163282My first final table in silver, after I learned how to play correctly I started to go far
 
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You can't choose this combination of factors, and in my subjective opinion, there is no luck without skill. Only with skill can you win the tournament.
 
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Skill and luck - luck to get the cards and then the run - skill with what to do with them and when and how
 
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The worst player can beat the Best player with a little luck
 
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I think you need 100% skill and 99% luck during a tournament you meet many situations where you also need to be lucky
 
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A high level of skill will result in greater success in the long run, which is why you see the same faces often on the TV final tables. A good dose of luck is always appreciated in the short term for the quick win (then leave the table!).
 
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On live poker skill matters more in order to be eventually a winner . But live , rng matters more than skill or luck . I guess it's the skill to manipulate rng .
 
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