Real "live" chess has some aspects of poker, BUT...
I always wanted to know how many poker players are playing chess as well.
I am also interested in what type of games you are playing, how good are you, mostly in comparison to your poker skills. This question came up when I was watching some live tournament stream, where there were several players who were very very good, and were also GMs or FMs in chess.
Personally, I play on chess.com, mostly 1min per player games, and 5mins per player.
My average score on that site is around 1850 for both types.
If anyone wants a friendly game of chess, feel free to speak up! :top:
I incorporate many aspects of chess into certain hobbies and sports...BUT, there isn't really any comparison to "
online poker", or really ANY "random" card game where there are sooo many "variances" and such which cause unfair play and lopsided "deal outs"(Hot Seat in Poker).
Chess is very much more complex than the highest levels of Poker, or any "random" game. Chess players use logic and make "plays/ moves" which are decided by the player ONLY, and not some "other" sort of device or person.
Certainly there are "variances" in ANY game a person plays, or participates in, but I could find several games of "chance" which are more comparable to poker...such as "swinging at a Pinata", "Pin the tail on the Donkey", Throwing darts while blind folded.
There is some "luck" in Chess, like when your opponent makes a silly mistake and you capitalize on it, but otherwise the game is based on Strategy, Skill and Intelligence...none of which are occurring in ANY "random card game". The "deal out" of the cards is basically 90% of the game.
If you're getting "dealt" great cards you have a MUCH better chance of winning and also if you "catch your card" on flops, no matter what you play, if you can catch ANY card which benefits you on the flop...well, once again, it came down to TOTAL LUCK on the "deal out", and TOTAL LUCK on the "flops"...so I don't know what else you would like to call that kind of a game?...UMMM, perhaps a game of "LUCK"?