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As silly as this may sound, it is very true. the fact that one poker tournament would not define the best player in poker nearly as often as in chess does not necessarily speak to the amount of skill requires to reach a world class level.

Another way of looking at it would be to take a month's worth of cash game results in poker and use that as an equivalent sample as a single chess tournament.

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I'm not sure that is really a comparable sample. OK, the nature of the games are different but comparing one chess tournament with a month's worth of poker doesn't seem quite right.

Of course there are lots of angles to look at, but another is considering how many people, from a young age, would have the potential to be world class at poker or chess. I would say that far more people would have a chance at poker. That doesn't imply that there is more skill needed in chess to get to a certain level, but the fact that fewer people have the potential to get there elevates chess in my view.