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by Nate75Sanders 5008 days ago
Poker is unquestionably a game of skill.

You need be able to separate the orthogonal components of EV and variance.

Over a large sample of hands, a professional poker player will wipe the floor with you.

There is a great deal of variance in poker, but that doesn't mean that one person can't be significantly better than another in the long run.