Thread:Comments:Poker's all about luck, says Swiss Supreme Court/Comments from feedback form - "Absurd - sounds like the "supr..."/reply (2)

It's not the case.

the decision is absurd and completely wrong.

While there is an element of chance involved in the game - it is a game primarily of skill. The better players will win the money from the worse players over the course of time. This is similar to say, backgammon, where on any individual game a novice can beat a pro based on the luck of the dice....but over the long run, the pro will win.

There are professional poker players - people who have been making their living playing poker for decades....if the game was a game of luck and not skill, this would be an impossibility. i.e., there is no such thing as a professional roulette player.