skill against luck

[msbarsley]

i all, i been playing about 18mths now,online mtts freerolls sit and gos ,etc ,have been playing live aswell weekly at local clubs and tried a couple of casinoes just for curiosity,i have found that i can play one day and seem to do nothing wrong,but more often than not i look a bad player.and cannot win a hand .is this a lack of skill or luck ,any comments wellcome

[aliando]

Re: skill against luck

i all' date=' i been playing about 18mths now,online mtts freerolls sit and gos ,etc ,have been playing live aswell weekly at local clubs and tried a couple of casinoes just for curiosity,i have found that i can play one day and seem to do nothing wrong,but more often than not i look a bad player.and cannot win a hand .is this a lack of skill or luck ,any comments wellcome[/quote'] :welcome to the lounge msbarsley! i believe that skill is a huge element which is why you find certain players consistently doing well. however, i note amongst some of my friends playing, that some of the guys who really dont care where they finish but know what they are doing, quite often do well. I think that part of this is that they relax to the point it is difficult to judge what hand they potentially have! luck does come into play but a good player will make his own :ok theres a lot of much more experienced and better players here, so i'm sure you'll get a varied response!