Poker game of skill

Poker game of skill

Poker is the game of skill……….is right or wrong ,I think it is definitely game of skill. poker is game of skill that’s why two terms shark & fish came out. Shark are the player which play tight & aggressiveness. "These poker pros do not play many hands, but when they play them, they play them like they have the nuts."

That's a nice general description, but it doesn't say much. In my opinion, a solid poker player is one who has mastered the four key skill of poker. These four skills are mathematics, discipline, psychology & understanding risk vs reward.
Mathematical skill means that solid poker player have strong ability to understand probability of the poker game. For example, they know that you have about 1 in 8.5 chance of hitting a set when holding a pocket pair, and that you have about a 1 in 3 chance of completing a flopped flush draw by the river. Good players can figure out the pot odds.
Good poker players understand that a different game requires a different discipline
Good poker players demand an advantage. What separates a winning poker player from a fish is that a fish does not expect to win, while a poker player does. A fish is happy playing craps, roulette, or the slots; he just hopes to get lucky. A poker player does not hope to get lucky. He just hopes others don't get lucky. A disciplined player knows when to play and when to quit. A disciplined player knows that he is not perfect. When a disciplined player makes a mistake, he learns. He does not blame others. He does not cry. He learns from the mistake and moves on.
when a poker pro walks into a poker room, he always empathizes with his opponents. He tries to think what they think and understand the decisions they make and why they make them, that means skilled poker player understand psychology of its opponents & play according to that.
Skilled Poker players are willing to take a long-shot risk if the reward is high enough, but only if the expected return is higher than the risk. Good poker players understand they need to be more risk-averse with their overall bankroll than their stack at the table.
If any fish in poker game understands these four poker skills , he will not fish for longer time.