Poker: Luck or Skill?

July 27, 2010

It has long being debated around Poker tables whether Poker is a game of luck or a game of skill. Anyway who’s played the game a few times will know the answer is that it is a mixture of both. When we lose we are sure it was bad luck, but when we win we feel its was all down to our skill… But to what degree do the cards on the table decide the winner, or can a good player really win whatever cards they are dealt? The info-graphic below goes a long way to answering these questions, whilst explaining the mathematics behind it all. You may have to be a maths genius to understand all the equations, but there are some key pointers that players of any experience level can take from it.

Poker Luck or Skill

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