It is all maths (Skill) and how you can estimate people (also Skill) and also how you can control yourself (also Skill). You can have bad card for many games in row, but if you are a good player you can recognize it and fold.
In the long run skill is going to get the most money by a mile. There is some luck involved if you call beating the odds luck. It's a numbers game with many of the outcomes decided by the odds but a large number of them are by the skill of the individual in bluffing, reading the other players and making the right decisions dictated by the odds. Don
On later tournament stages i often push with any cards. Even if i have 27 off i know i can take it under certain circumstances. So you don't even have to have the cards
Hey, I reckon bit of both...however you luck will run dry at sometime or another...i would rather be a skillful player than lucky... Kev
Both, luck in how the cards flop and skill in terms of knowing when to hold your cards and when to fold them
One thing you shouldn't do is play poker on the net against others. I remeber reading that professionals play against novices and always win.
Theres a balance between knowing when to do certain things like when to bluff or cut your losses and then it also comes down to whether your lucky and get the cards
luck to get good cards? In a long-run especially online all people will get the same amount of good and bad cards
my perception is you play video poker is clearly setting up by the computer..you will hardly win if you play it especially online
that's why you need bankroll management... you have money for 10 games sit n go games... you lost one game, next time you will get good cards and win