Antonio Esfandiari - Poker is a Game of Skill

Antonio Esfandiari explains why he thinks many people misunderstand poker as a game of chance rather than skill over the long run. He compares professional poker players to The House in Vegas.

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[princeton420]

thumbs up if u think Antonio looks like an Angry Bird

[JeeRaph]

@Broccoli29 You must be a losing poker player. Think about that. If it wasn't a game of skill, shouldn't you be even and not a loser?

[itssimpleiwinyoulose]

@butters226 i think the guy is just trolling seriously no1 can be that stupid. or maybe hes a 12 yr old

[SuperUltraMegaMikus]

you can beat any game if you are up against humans therefore poker is a game of skill, video poker where you are playing against computer is gambling that you cant beat in the longterm, as easy as that

[itssimpleiwinyoulose]

@JeeRaph not true because unless youre playing a game with your buddies the the onlines and the casinos take rake so evro1 would be a loser

[butters226]

@zoharp55 No, because the person with the worse hand can win. It's whoever plays the hand better, position, stack sizes, *hence skill. And spotting tells is pretty common. Against a bad player, it's easy to tell through general body language, how they throw in their chips, etc. Hence skill again. Stop leaving comments, you're making a fool out of yourself.

[zoharp55]

@butters226 mediocre vs mediocre = means better kicker usually wins. hens , a game of luck!! ONLY ability in poker i will agree is the playing with a poker face. that is why in all "pro" poker games on TV ,even the thought to be best LOOSE. they can't spot tells.

[butters226]

@zoharp55 yeah but tournaments are built on winning small pots through hours and hours of play. most of which are mediocre hands vs mediocre hands, thats where the skill comes in

[zoharp55]

he is just saying it is a game of math!! but it is BS. big pots are won/lost when both players catch something on the flop, therefor it is a game of LUCK!!!

[ROYALPOKERAU]

@stants111 - Thank you for reply Stants - Cash game players rely on their skills to make money and 7/10 skill will make it profit for sure. However in tournaments you keep moving from table to table from luck box to luck box getting exposed to " One Time Hit and Run Donks" that will end your great run. WPT tournaments have 70% poker Pros and 30% amateurs. Fields of 300-400 players and chance of being donked out by a luck box is lot smaller than in WSOP events. Its a broad subject .

[stants111]

@ROYALPOKERAU poker is 100% skill over an infinite sample size. obviously you can't have that so the greater the sample the size closer you are to your real roi. the thing about tournaments though is you need a large sample size.so anyone can win an event at wsop because of luck, however if the events were repeated over a large sample size the better players would show profit and the bad player who got lucky one time would show a loss.

[ROYALPOKERAU]

Well……I agree that Poker is 60% skill sure- however I disagree that " There is luck involved"… Luck is a part of poker …and its very big part of anyone`s game- full stop . You can't beat luck regardless how skilful player you are. Why is there a saying " Anyone can win a tournament on any given day"? Simple answer known to all of us" LUCK". C`mon Antonio - Being good is not enough …you must be lucky as well. You can disagree with me but just recall Rescent WSOP winners