It's not just luck that can speak, tell you why Texas Hold'em is a sports competition!

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There are many kinds of games derived from poker (bridge, blackjack, baccarat, Texas Hold'em, etc...), different from most card games where the outcome depends on luck, the outcome of Texas Hold'em mostly depends on the player technical level. The technology of Texas Hold'em covers mathematics, psychology, logical reasoning, observation ability, and immediate decision-making ability.

 

How much luck is the percentage of winning or losing in Texas Hold'em?

My answer is short: in the long run, there is no luck in this game!
This is a concept that combines probability and statistics: when the number of samples is large enough, the statistical results will be consistent with the theoretically calculated probability. This means that if we always make decisions with high expectations at the Texas Hold'em table, with enough hands, we can definitely beat less skilled opponents in this game.

 

Match Poker is a sports competition derived from Texas Hold'em. The rules of the game and the process of playing games are very similar to Texas Hold'em. On November 2, 2017, the International Sports Federation (GAISF) recognized double poker as a sport and qualified to be included in the approval list of the Olympic Games. Let us look forward to the glorious moment when poker enters the Olympic Games!

 

Before poker entered the Olympic Games, the highest hall of the current poker competition is the World Series of Poker (WSOP) held in Las Vegas, USA. Every spring and summer, tens of thousands of poker players from different countries around the world gather at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas to participate in this grand event. The final table of the main event is broadcast live by ESPN, a well-known sports channel, and the ratings in the United States are Even more than the NBA championship game.

Looking at the above, Texas Hold'em is definitely a sport that relies heavily on intelligence.