Is poker more about skill or luck?

[Letterk]

I don’t know 

[ivoryraund]

Anyone who says its just one thing has never grinded low stakes for a few months straight. Luck gets you paid that one night but skill is what keeps you from punting it all back before sunrise.

[raxummia]

Do you find your own reads get sharper after a long session or do they start to blur?

[trasynie]

yeah if you play enough hands the donkeys always give it back, just gotta survive the bad beats without tilting lol ?

[Emberayick15]

def a mix but skill tips the scale long term, the short bursts of luck just mess with your head. i lost a big pot this morning cause i forgot to check if the guy was actually tilting or just acting, small mistake cost me a stack

[mikastone]

yeah for sure a mix but the real separator is how many hands you play not how many you win

[gUnofu5]

I'd say skill edges it out long term but luck feels way more visible when you're on a bad run, you know? Winning a single hand is pure luck but grinding a profit over months is all discipline and reading people.

[iceyflow23]

Luck

[kendallixvi]

I see the point about skill but honestly over a single night luck can just steamroll everything you thought you knew

[Samanthakk]

Both

[bearhud,com]

poker is classified by the International Mind Sports Association as a mind sport. They're recognizing it as a skill based game liek chess and go.

[Sydneyelle3]

Anyone who grinds cash games knows luck is real in the short run but after like 5000 hands the crushers start standing out especially in high rake environments where pushing tiny equity edges makes all the difference. Saw it firsthand in some late night NL50 pools where the same 3 or 4 regs were printing just by picking spots against loose passive fish it’s wild how much the skill gap compounds

[dann55c9jrb]

do you think bluffing is more skill or just guts

[sam73tsug]

I see where you're coming from but I actually think people overrate the skill side a bit, espescially in the short term. You can make all the right moves and still get crushed by someone chasing a gutshot who just gets there on the river, no amount of reading ability saves you from that runout.