How My Son's Insight May Have Saved Poker

[badblood44]

I really like this argument.

If you suppose that poker is a competition among skilled players and that the difference is skill between the marginally skilled and exceptionally skilled is still close, of course that will magnify the luck factor.

Hypothetically assume two archers of near exact skill. Who wins a competition in archery? The uncontrolable factors, like the wind, air density, etc. will be super-magnified between two such competitors while minimized between an expert and an amateur. Archery is certainly a skill-based activity, but between two near identical competitors, it could be viewed as a game of luck by an ignorant observer.