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Re:Good Poker Players Aren't Lucky by ollysb on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @03:28PM (#7780224)
>> By that reasoning, basketball is a game of chance, depending on the level of the players. They're going to lob it up there and hope it goes in.

I think that would be a fair point to make

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Re:Good Poker Players Aren't Lucky by sejje on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @03:46PM (#7780335)
I don't.

The idea that some players' skill is so low that their ability is indistinguishable from pure luck does not diminish the idea that basketball is very much a skill-based game.

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Re:Good Poker Players Aren't Lucky by ollysb on Thursday May 22, 2014 @01:52AM (#7782321)
That seems to apply equally to poker...
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