[Merovingian]

On the contrary, I certainly don't think luck and skill are mutually exclusive traits in a game. My theory is that an amount of each is in all games, be it chess or dice. I do however, think that there are various and distinct amounts of each in the games. All games having a unique ratio of one to the other.

I mean to say, at what ratio of skill:luck does a game become one of skill or chance.

Sure, Poker certainly has elements of chance, and as you said there is also high level of skill. I am going past that it 'just has both', I am ascertaining wether one is more prevalent than the other. Also, if you can conclude that one is more apparent than the other, how much more does it have to be in order to make the particular game either chance or skill based?

You are saying poker is just a game of chance, that has elements of skill, I agree, however, surely one trait is dominant. If we can establish one as a dominant trait, how much more prevalent than the other does it have to be in order to associate the game with it?