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No, You Can’t Beat an Olympic Table Tennis Player (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Whether you're able to take a point depends on how much of the game/sport depends on chance. At one end of the spectrum, chess is minimal percentage dependent on chance; you're never beating Carlsen in a match (though nor is 99.9999% of the population!), but on the other (e.g. poker) there's a big element of luck, and the skill element is knowing how to play to your best odds.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Let's be real, you're also never beating a pro poker player.

[–] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

You could well beat a pro poker player in a hand -- point is you're never beating them over the course of a game.