Luck Variance Factor

[saw7988]

This question is similar to a recent post about which games require the most skill, but I wanted to gear it more specifically.

The luck/skill ratio is an important factor for me in choosing my games. Who wants to win at a game that's all luck? No one brags about being good at War, do they? Obviously poker is not as luck-based as War, and many people also say that it's 100% skill in the long run.

I know some scenarios and some games have more luck variance to them than others though. For example, I've read that tournaments have more luck than cash games for a few reasons: you get 1 bad beat and you're done, and also then end of tournaments require a good amount of luck; there's so many all-ins and coin flip situations. I've also read that omaha had less luck variance than hold 'em.

If anyone has any more specifics, opinions, or corrections about them, I'd like to know.