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Being a complete nobody is not reflective of one's skill.

That said, luck is the primary influence of outcome given a small enough time frame.

It's also possible to have your mistakes "fixed" by luck. Moneymaker was not better than Farha, I'll give you that.



Watching Moneymaker win and then a series of others unknowns win convinced me that poker is a game of luck.

Why are real rounders not winning?


They are. Overwhelmingly, in fact. You are almost certainly looking at a ridiculously small sample (probably just WSOP Main Events, of which the past several have had legitimately skilled winners).




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