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Originally Posted by Seige
I would beg to differ when it comes to online poker. I'd say that skill IS involved, since you need to have a rough idea of should you stay in a hand or not. But the real skill, analysing the other players, is not present because you do not get to see them.
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I would argue that analyzing is not the "real skill". It's a mix of skills that ensures the successful player. It also depends on which game you're playing and what limits you're playing at that determines which skill will be the most useful to you. Granted, there is an immense amount of information that you get from playing face to face with other players, but tells and 'poker faces' are vastly overrated. For a game like low limit Hold 'Em, hand selection is your primary skill. But for something like 7 card stud, knowing your live cards is more important.