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Re:Good Poker Players Aren't Lucky by ronaldx on Thursday May 22, 2014 @06:21AM (#7783055)
Typically in poker, you win quickly and lose slowly. This is especially true of tournaments - finishing in the money suddenly does wonders for your balance.

So, I would guess that more than 1 in 28 players would show these results, having experienced a random "win quickly" phase that has yet to dissipate.

(This might not apply if parent is talking only about 2 player tournaments, but applies to poker generally)

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Re:Good Poker Players Aren't Lucky by splonk on Thursday May 22, 2014 @08:49PM (#7787465)
Parent is talking only about 2 player tournaments - that's what the "heads up" part of the description means.
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Re:Good Poker Players Aren't Lucky by ronaldx on Saturday May 24, 2014 @06:59PM (#7794693)
OK, I getcha, thanks.

Heads Up specifically means that there are match-ups between 2 players. This doesn't mean it's necessarily a 2 player tournament, e.g.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Heads-Up_Poker_Champi...

I already checked this case and you are right, indeed.

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