Gambling or playing?

[alegotardo]

For me, luck is a hard to understand concept. Sometimes I have evenings where I am winnings almost every game and everything goes in my favour. But then I have evenings where everything is going against me, I just can't turn any profit. And in both cases I use the exact same strategy. It's best to not press our luck and just take the loss and try on another day again. It is just very brutal sometimes to see how fast we can lose our money again. That is also why I just prefer to play games instead of gambling sometimes.

As trustworthy as the site is, sometimes I think it's not all luck, but a manipulation of the site.
A trusted site has tools that allow you to check bets, but we know that players don't verify when they're winning. so think with to me... if sites manipulate to you win a lot and accumulate a considerable amount of money (since no one will check the bets at these times) and then "back to normal" to make you lose everything to force you to deposit more money to maybe regain that luck?

Am I "fantasizing" too much?

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[Smartprofit]

totally agree that gambling with real money is not the same as without it, but there are games cool to be played even without money, poker is a good example, some people play it in an autotelic way, just for the sake of playing, learning and improving, not necessarily in a "gambling way"

Yes, games are poker are good examples where you don't gamble money but still use your luck.
Many people despise poker saying it's gambling and so on, and I don't blame them, People who become quite good in poker and start to read the percentage of their combinations in poker are more likely to gamble with real money and the thought in their mined for doing that will be "If you are good at something then why do it for free"

luck plays a role but there's one thing even more important: skill.
you can study and improve on poker, learning about math and techniques
so of course it will be easier if you have the best cards all the time but this is not the only factor to help somebody to win

Yes, poker is a very interesting example of a game of chance that is not solely based on luck.  

The professional poker player is a mathematician with an analytical mindset.  An excellent poker player is an expert in the field of mathematical probability theory and (at the same time) an experienced psychologist - physiognomist.  Also, offline - the poker player must be a top-notch actor.  You need to be very adept at hiding your emotions.  At the same time, you need to calibrate the emotions of other people.  Professional poker players are highly intelligent people.

Elite of the modern world.

[cabalism13]

There are those practiceable apps that will make you improve your poker skills. I've played a few of them long time ago when I'm looking for a pastime.

you mean your bluff skills 🤣 been playing poker up until now and mostly it a matter of bluffs, I haven't known anyone yet whose good at cards on this game.
And btw from these apps available at playstore its even better to play with bots or not maybe (still depends on the difficulty)

[worldofcoins]

I think poker is a game of skill with an element of luck, although there is an element of luck, skill will prevail in the long run.
And besides, manipulating the situation is also very important in playing poker. I mean we have to be good at acting in the game when we have good or bad cards and bluff at the right time and that doesn't mean you keep doing that method throughout the game and there are good moments to do it.
Poker is a relaxing game and can also test your adrenaline when your opponent is bluffing when the bet is added and if your cards are not convincing better not to do it and vice versa and that's luck.

Through skill yes but what if people who are at a level as you in terms of skill in poker even then the luck is necessary,
For example not always win with double Aces or Pre-Flop by going all in.

But making the call to go all-in at the beginning with double aces forces other players to make their choice as they aren't sure if their cards will beat the one who called All-In.

So I'd say mind games with luck more than skill but playing mind games is also a skill.