House edge in poker-like games

[doomloop]

There is no house edge in poker. They just provide the platform, bring people together at the tables and charge a fee for that. A six-player Sit'n Go with an entry fee of $5 per player will result in $30 prize pool and the house just takes like $2 from that for themselves for their service and will distribute the $28 among the paid places. 

Poker is a skill game and everyone has the same chances to get their share in the prize pool.

Poker does not have offers like house edge for sure. Why would house at the first place try to help the gamblers in winning? They want people to play with big money but they do not want them to win that money. If anything, house will try its best to manipulate the outcomes in favor of itself. But poker is a game which just involves cards and humans, independent of machines so no manipulation involved at all.

[shoreno]

There is no house edge in poker.

Poker does not have offers like house edge for sure.

i think there is  . especially if its online becuase you wont know if the player is a real human and not a bot   .

 on offline pokers , the same thing can happen because you wouldnt know if your opponent is one of the staff of the casino  .

 it is still winnable though compare to other gambling games especially if luck is on your side  .

[deisik]

There is no house edge in poker.

Poker does not have offers like house edge for sure.

i think there is  . especially if its online becuase you wont know if the player is a real human and not a bot

All things considered, that wouldn't be a house edge

If the casino was secretly playing as a human player, it could and would know the hands (cards) of each and every player in the room. And if you ask me, that would be an example of downright cheating, i.e. not the house edge as it is understood by everyone in the gambling industry (an official and presumably legit advantage of the house)

With that said, my earlier question still stands, i.e. if it is possible to make poker truly fair in the way bets in dice can be checked and verified. I mean if every hand gets written on the blockchain and can be known in advance by no party other than the one having it, wouldn't that make online poker authentic and fair?

[Webetcoins]

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Online poker is a myth furthermore Bitcoin casino poker is a bluff. Poker is a skill and behavior-based game, without the partner being physically present it is hard to call it poker. I do not believe in them and that is why I avoid playing online.

That's what I used to think too before I started to play poker online myself, and before I did a thorough research on the current top poker players. Now, when I read your comment, I'm inclined to think that your vision of poker is formed by movies and TV shows. When your opponent is physically present, you can win if you are good in reading their body language, right? Wrong.

Although it is very likely that being skillful in reading their facial expressions you would win against a 9-year-old, I can guarantee that you would have absolutely no advantage over an adult poker player in that regard.

There are tons of proofs that current best poker players are also good in online games. And whatever gives them that advantage, it's not the ability to "read" their opponent.

Regarding the OP's question I've voted "No, it doesn't". But I would't play in a casino where rake is over 6%

I'm not a poker player myself (as a child I couldn't grasp its main idea, though it was probably the fault of those who tried to teach me it), so I can't comment on this in a constructive way. However, I also tend to think that people overestimate their capacity for reading the body language and facial expressions here as this idea seems to be coming mostly from the movies. Billions comes to mind instantly but there are probably a lot of other films "featuring" poker, and in a totally misguiding way (like they do with casinos in general)

I corrected the poll a little (without changing its major theme)

Poker is a difficult game in my opinion. It is big fun at the same time. If you were not taught playing this game, let bygones be bygones. Still your comment is relevant one. You are indeed correct. The way poker is portrait in movies is entirely different from how players actually play. Movies are for entertainment purpose. They work on all these body language and face expressions stuff in order to make it more exciting.