Well, Ive been playing poker recently and Ive been increadibly unlucky. Its been bad beat city. However this isnt really anything new, I have always considered myself unlucky.

So I'm curious, do you think that you are generally an unlucky individual or lucky individual. Im curious as to where everyone would rate themselves. Is there a trend?

So, if you had a 50% chance to win something statistically. What would your actual winning percentage be (factoring your personal luck)?

Poll: What would be your win %?
(Vote): 0%
(Vote): 10%
(Vote): 20%
(Vote): 30%
(Vote): 40%
(Vote): 50%
(Vote): 60%
(Vote): 70%
(Vote): 80%
(Vote): 90%
(Vote): 100%

Ilikestarcraft

Korea (South)17743 Posts

August 26 2008 09:22 GMT

40 i tend to have very bad luck sometimes

Texas

Germany2388 Posts

August 26 2008 09:32 GMT

some luck, lots of hard work and smart decision making, hmm 90-100%

SiZ.FaNtAsY

Korea (South)1497 Posts

August 26 2008 09:34 GMT

0%

Cause of the strict rule I live by when playing poker.

Folding is for pussies.

drug_vict1m

844 Posts

August 26 2008 09:55 GMT

i have no luck.only skillz

yubee

United States3826 Posts

August 26 2008 10:27 GMT

i always lose coin flips. always.

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

August 26 2008 10:28 GMT

not lucky enough to win a cj shirt thats for sure

RoyCe

United States179 Posts

August 26 2008 10:46 GMT

i don't really think anyone is really "unluckier" then anyone else its the same amount of chance imho but maybe you tend to force issues a lot more then a "luckier" person

Scaramanga

Australia8093 Posts

August 26 2008 10:54 GMT

On August 26 2008 19:28 Plexa wrote:
not lucky enough to win a cj shirt thats for sure

QFW

vhallee

899 Posts

August 26 2008 11:08 GMT

#10

On August 26 2008 19:28 Plexa wrote:
not lucky enough to win a cj shirt thats for sure

ah dont remind me of this

Boblion

France8043 Posts

August 26 2008 11:18 GMT

#11

Variance is a bitch. It makes skill irevelant too often at poker

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However if you have 50% chance to win something statistically your win % will be 50% lol ( on the long term ).

ToT)MidiaN(

England2183 Posts

August 26 2008 11:38 GMT

#12

50%, I don't really believe any one of us is simply more lucky than others in every aspect, sure some people WILL be luckier than others during a lifetime, just because of variance and a lifetime is not a big enough sample size for luck to even out. Not just talking about poker either....

Polis

Poland1292 Posts

August 26 2008 11:45 GMT

#13

That depends mostly on fairies that actions you can't fully predict. If you had left some teeth for tooth fairy then you will be little more lucky in general, throwing some salt behind your back to scare bad ghost is good also.

Caller

Poland8075 Posts

August 26 2008 12:37 GMT

#14

i got a straight flush yesterday

Eatme

Switzerland3919 Posts

August 26 2008 13:20 GMT

#15

I feel that I have kinda bad luck with diseases, injurys and things breaking randomly ect. While I dont have much talent in anything (that I have found out yet) I do think some bad luck plays in. Example I often get placed in the last part of start lists and often dead last. I wont bother to go in to how thats annoying but it sucks if you are at par or worse than your opponents when you have interval starts.
I dont play online poker but i dont feel really unlucky in such things, plus you still have to play your cards.

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

August 26 2008 13:20 GMT

#16

For some reason I only get lucky breaks in emergencies, and am horribly unlucky anytime else. So I guess if I was playing poker for fun then 0%, if I was playing poker because I was in horribly desperate need of money, then 100%

Although I voted 0%

decafchicken

United States20168 Posts

August 26 2008 13:31 GMT

#17

god hates me and fucks with my life on a daily basis. I routinely lose to 3 outers or worse.

QuanticHawk

United States32157 Posts

August 26 2008 13:48 GMT

#18

I wanna say unlucky, but there's so many times I sould have been arrested, seriously hurt, killed, etc.... so I'ma say pretty lucky.

MeriaDoKk

Chile1726 Posts

August 26 2008 13:50 GMT

#19

Most unlucky bastard here

Rotodyne

United States2263 Posts

August 26 2008 14:51 GMT

#20

pretty lucky, I've never lost a hand of poker in my life

InfeSteD

United States4658 Posts

August 26 2008 16:31 GMT

#21

I feel the same way as hawk, I think Im unlucky but then I think about those events where I should have been arrested, etc ... so I guess Im 50%50%

Nytefish

United Kingdom4282 Posts

August 26 2008 16:41 GMT

#22

I'm alive, healthy and have time to waste here, so I feel incredibly lucky.
But if something is statistically 50% then it's 50%. Anything different is just you fooling yourself.

Chef

10810 Posts

August 26 2008 17:03 GMT

#23

I'm cursed. I try to avoid anything involving luck where I'm only 90% to win.

Although I'm damn good at rock paper scissors, which isn't luck at all, but a mind game. The same goes with poker. If you're losing at poker, it's just because you suck, since it's not really a game of luck. The only bad luck in poker is when you make the right read, your opponent makes the wrong one, and he still wins the pot. But half the time when people complain about luck, they're whining about their flush draws never panning out (when really they're winning them as much as they should be).

mikeymoo

Canada7170 Posts

August 26 2008 19:51 GMT

#24

On August 26 2008 18:18 Fen wrote:

Poll: What would be your win %?
(Vote): 0%
(Vote): 10%
(Vote): 20%
(Vote): 30%
(Vote): 40%
(Vote): 50%
(Vote): 60%
(Vote): 70%
(Vote): 80%
(Vote): 90%
(Vote): 100%

Just wondering about this curve.
And 50%. "Personal luck" is bullshit.