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David, you have hit on the most important skill in poker or backgammon

Posted By: phil simborg
Date: Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:32 p.m.

In Response To: OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck? (David Rennie)

And the most important skill in any competition: getting people who are worse than you to play with you. Of course, first you need to get good, then you need to play people worse and your odds of winning shoot way up. And that is where the real skill comes in. In the history of backgammon, is there anyone who can match Svobo in this department?

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• OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
  Fender -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 8:04 p.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    Stick -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 9:02 p.m.
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    gammonitis -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 9:10 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 11:38 p.m.
    • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
      Bob Koca -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 11:52 p.m.
      • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
        Fatboy -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:14 a.m.
      • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 2:49 p.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    Fatboy -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 11:50 p.m.
  • Not according to Kit
    phil simborg -- Monday, 22 September 2014, at 11:53 p.m.
    • Not according to Kit
      Fatboy -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:26 a.m.
    • Not according to Kit
      AdamStocks -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:01 p.m.
      • Not according to Kit
        phil simborg -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:28 p.m.
        • Not according to Kit
          AdamStocks -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 6:55 p.m.
          • Not according to Kit
            Fatboy -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 7:13 p.m.
  • OT: Academic paper: The Role of Skill Versus Luck in Poker Evidence From the World Series of Poker
    leobueno -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 1:41 a.m.
    • OT: Academic paper: The Role of Skill Versus Luck in Poker Evidence From the World Series of Poker
      AdamStocks -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:17 p.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    David Rennie -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 3:02 a.m.
    • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
      Joe Russell -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 4:19 a.m.
      • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
        David Rennie -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 4:23 a.m.
        • David, you have hit on the most important skill in poker or backgammon
          phil simborg -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:32 p.m.
          • David, you have hit on the most important skill in poker or backgammon
            lenny -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 11:41 p.m.
      • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 4:25 a.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    tuvi -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 3:26 a.m.
    • It is not that much harder in backgammon
      phil simborg -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 12:35 p.m.
      • It is not that much harder in backgammon
        BenF -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 10:41 p.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    lenny -- Tuesday, 23 September 2014, at 4:57 a.m.
  • OT: Am I the only one here who thinks poker is almost all pure luck?
    ah_clem -- Wednesday, 24 September 2014, at 1:31 p.m.