Re: The "Game" and the "Rules"

On Apr 28, 5:11=A0pm, s0183616 <s0183...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Xiaoding wrote:
> > On Apr 28, 4:53 am, "Ryan Robbins" <redbird...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "Steven L." <sdlit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>news:opOdnW15FtsRAI_VnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> Notice that Hurley is good at games too--he won the Lottery.
> >> It takes absolutely zero skill to win a lottery.
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> > But, not all games require skill. =A0Backgammon is mostly luck.
=A0Poker=
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> > luck. =A0Luck may be im****tant on the island.
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> Bull**** about poker. =A0I'd say poker is 30% luck, 70% skill.

At some point, you got to call.  Pure luck after that.  Before that,
playing the odds, and reading other people.  Some skill there...but
the recent poker champs, who come from nowhere, got their skills over
the internet, so reading is overrated.  Moslty playing the odds.  I
would give it 50-50.