Is Texas Hold’em a game of luck or skill?

9 Comments

1. Urist Mcdwarf says:

   February 22, 2012 at 1:26 pm

   Both

   It requires some luck

   and if you can bluff your way to victory, it requires skill
2. Phillip says:

   February 22, 2012 at 1:52 pm

   skill, unless your a fluke-artist.
3. Satan says:

   February 22, 2012 at 2:48 pm

   Neither. It’s a piece of shit.
4. Ryu says:

   February 22, 2012 at 3:19 pm

   Both.

   Luck in the fact that you have no control over the gameplay.

   Skill in the fact that you have to know how to bet in order to win more/win with a losing hand/ensure you know when to fold.
5. Jarhead says:

   February 22, 2012 at 3:22 pm

   Yes
6. Alex says:

   February 22, 2012 at 3:38 pm

   its a combination of luck & skills…
7. Joe says:

   February 22, 2012 at 4:33 pm

   Long term skill — Really to be more accurate its not so much about your skill — but rather taking advatage of the mistakes other idiots make
8. Brock says:

   February 22, 2012 at 4:54 pm

   The fact is it is influenced by both. The skill factor is basically the knowledge of the game, the odds and the ability to figure out your opponents. The luck factor is when things do or do not go your way. The skill factor is evident in huge tournaments and players consistently appearing at final tables and winning tournaments. Canadian player Nick Abou Risk has won two title on the same circuit through a small bit of luck but a lot of skilful choice making. The variation in play can be often brutal, but honest.
9. SomeGirl says:

   February 22, 2012 at 4:55 pm

   It’s a bit of both.

   First of all, unless you’re counting the cards, you’ve no thought of what you’re going to get, so if you get a terrible hand, that’s terrible luck.
   Second, you’ve got to keep your hand a secret, be it excellent or terrible, so you have to learn how to get rid of your ‘tells’. This takes skill.
   Finally, luck comes into play at the end, when you lay down your cards: you may have thought you had a excellent had, but then someone gets three pairs, a run and a straight (this happened to me once – I was not pleased). That’s terrible luck for you, excellent luck for them.

   So it’s a bit of both. But, some people are exceptionally skilled at Texas, so it’s really hard to place a marker on luck or skill.