Re: chess or poker
I think you really have to define what the question is here.
Because "theoretical" it is very hard to say which game is harder. Chess of course has complete information, however it is impossible for the human brain to find the optimal move in every situation. Poker on the other hand has imperfect information, however the number of moves seems more limited to me. Which game is theoretically harder I cant tell, I dont know which form of Poker one should compare to the normal tourney chess, because 1000BB NL Holdem is obviously a harder game in theory than 100BB NL Holdem etc...
"Practically" chess is alot harder though and it is obvious. There are chess schools in russia where the children learn nearly all their lives under competetent teachers. There is much more good literature than in Poker. I think the game has already been explored deeper than Poker as well. In addition the luck factor is very very small in chess. The real fish, who dont care about learning, will stop playing very soon. The rankings are very accurate so you will play against players of similiar skill to yours most of the time and in big tourneys against players who are alot better.
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