Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
In any video poker game, YOUR skill has no control over the Random Number Generator. No matter how smart you are, if the RNG doesn't give you the cards you need you can't win. There is no telekinetic powers available in the library of video poker skills. You are still gambling with the machine. The skill element will help you, but it's still a game that involves a lot of "luck" or whatever fancy name you want to attach to "luck."
Of course you cannot control what cards you are dealt. Is this really all you were saying when you wrote, "I agree that there is a skill element in video poker, but skill alone will not make you a winner?"