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Originally Posted by DJay23
I questioned the use of the word luck because it means one of two things to me:
- Either luck is the word used to describe the outcome of a series of events, that are either unfortunate or fortunate, brought about by chance.
- Or it's a mystical element that you either have or you don't, that guides the outcome of events to be fortunate or unfortunate.
It sounds like you are using it in the former. It's pretty cringey when people use it in the latter.
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Well for instance if you play enough no limit hold'em poker tournaments, even just say monthly ten person games with friends. You soon find out that unless the players are really uneven, winning is a combination of skill and luck. The same three or four win most often, but yeah. You can be all-in and your opponent only has a one in four chance to hit their flush on the last card. And he hits his flush and you bust out. You played it perfectly, got unlucky and lost.
And every now and then one of the worst players of group ends up winning. Poker is a game of skill, but luck matters.
Winning, is a combination of talent, hard work, and luck.
College basketball teams aren't so mismatched after the first round that you can't lose to say some bad foul trouble, and random lucky three point shooting in one game.
The 6 round single elimination tournament where the number one seeds don't even get to play on their own courts increases the luck element.