Re: The longer you play poker the better you become ?

What do you think can be a consistent winning player on this game? is this game of skills or luck?
the longer you play more skills you get?

I think is a vice versa, sometimes you will win by your skills or strategy, sometimes you can win because you just lucky.

But it's more consistent if you will play for a longer time. In the long run, both are needed a bigger portion for your skills and strategy should be built up when you play poker. It's not mostly about luck because you will have to be a player that's full of strategies on your mind on how you will start bluffing and folding your cards. And with that said, luck will also play a role to it but you don't rely on it most of the time.

And yet I rely on luck most of the time. Say, when playing Texas Hold 'em I go all-in on the pre-flop with pocket Aces, what can I rely on but luck, knowing that there are so many scenarios that can be unfavorable to me? Another example is when several players make it to the river, and, say, I have 3 Aces in the end, but I can see that there are possibilities of Straights and Flushes. And when someone raises, what should I do, fold? I'm not folding with 3 Aces! But of course, I know I can lose, and the only thing that can help me in such a case is luck.

It's you and I guess that you're more experienced that me. Tongue

That comment of mine was base on my experience and I don't want to pursue more if I can see that the hand that I have for that specific round won't be favourable to me. You have the option to fold or not but if you're eager and determined that your hand is kinda strong, you can go and depend on luck.