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Skill Versus Luck In Poker
By Michael Bradley, Tue Jan 10th
The money to be gained or lost in a home game tends to mean nextto nothing and everyone almost always plays every hand to theend. Add in to that, dealer's choice & the ever popular "wildcards" and you have a recipe for gambling on your hand, notplaying it. In these situations, it's often the middle hand thatwins by catching a lucky card on the river. Another reason whyluck has such a big role in home-style poker games is that manyof the skills we use in pro-style games just don't come intoplay in a home game. Skills such as patience in determiningwhich hands to play, when to bluff, and how to read youropponent just aren't used when playing such low-limit againstyour family. If you are playing too many hands in a tough pokergame, you will find yourself short stacked in no time. Patience
The plain fact is that if you play too many hands in a pro-levelpoker game, you won't win. It's mathematically impossible foryou to last for any length of time. But, if you play this manyhands in a home game, you may fair better because the sheer sizeof the pot from the hands you draw out on may offer sufficientpot-odds to draw on that inside straight or whatever the casemay be. Especially, if there are "wild cards".
Bluffing
Another big difference between home poker games and pro-stylegames is bluffing. Bluffing will actually succeed in a pro game,where everyone will just call you in a low-limit family-stylegame. It is extremely hard to pull off a bluff in the familyoriented game. The main reason for this is the limits are setagainst you. That 25
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