World Series of Poker

>a guy who literally only plays small cash games at your local dingy casino is on the final table at the WSOP

What the fuck

>what is variance

I love his shirt and jacket, but a man wearing a hat indoors is just

áµ€hat is a fine jacket indeed.

It's fucking gambling what do ya expect m80? Blackjack has less luck involved than poker.

BJ is 100% luck (excluding card counting)

Poker's about 60/40 luck, but it's about how you use it.

You're a retard who's clearly never played either.

>BJ is 100% luck
That's a funny way to spell roulette you retarded nigger

>Blackjack has less luck involved than poker.

Factually untrue. You only have the decision to ask for another card in Blackjack, based on your current hand and the 1 card the dealer is showing. Of course you can do things like splits and doubling down if you feel it increases your chances of winning more money, but the dealer acts to a program, taking a new card until the hit 17 or go bust. There isn't much input from either of you.

In poker you can win a hand without having to compare your cards to your opponent, you can string them along or bet so much that they question whether their cards are worth risking it for. Bluffing, pre-flop raising, there's a lot of psychology and an expert with shit luck will generally pick apart a rookie with.

That's why this guy lasting days and thousands of hands is impressive.

>BJ is 100% luck
Post discarded.

>bj is....

kek

> BJ is 100% luck
Incorrect

Hold em' is literally 95% luck. Bluffing is just a tool to get people to fold. I can play small the whole time saving my chips and only play on hands I'm likely to win. Sure people will probably fold before we start betting but hold em is the biggest meme next to slots.

>Poker
>Sup Forums
Its as much a sport as motor"""sports""" and golf I suppose.

It gets sports-style coverage and I'm not pushing a good thread off the board on /tg/.

It's literally a coin toss nowadays anyways if jannies will delet a thread. They delete perfectly good sport threads. They also ban people for saying things they don't agree with. I got a 3 day for calling Aaron Rodgers gay.

> a good thread

is a horse an athlete?

He isn't gay though.

its basically the same fucking retard

reported

Man poker is a funny game. All you need is patience and some luck to win.

I go once a month to the casino here in Niagara, buy in with $300. I only play hands that are strong. I rarely bluff. About 4-5 hours later I usually leave with at least $1000. I played in the tournament here last year and almost made it to the final table.

>Announcing reports

terrible

t. Wisconsin homophobe

The best poker players are people who paradoxically are not gamblers. Gamblers are actually the worst poker players you will ever see. If you live in a small town/city like I do here in Ireland, you can make a tidy sum playing poker, because 90% of players are gamblers and have 0 patience or discipline and the better players tend to go to the bigger cities for bigger pots.

i wish i lived in a small irish town playing cards, milking the fish gently.
a mega casino opened near me and it's all chinese.

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Ya all th se guys at Niagara are major gamblers. There will be literally guys on the table with $1000 in chips and they'll be looking a true TV screens around the poker tables because they're also betting on sports at the same time. Meanwhile, I'm just there chilling and waiting to play and clean these guys out.

I don't have an addictive personality at all either, so I just leave when I'm too tired to continue. Most I've stayed is 6 hours and I won over 5k. I've seen guys buy in over 10 times and lose well over $5k.Shit is fucked .

Is this guy still relevant

Negreanu will always be relevant.