Ok, so, if you really want to eliminate any luck aspect of the game, and make it a real skill game ( as close as you can get) this is what i think the game should be played:

1) You must use both of your hole cards in order to make a hand.

2) There is no preflop action. Every player puts an ante and action starts on flop. Position/turn to act are still the same. So there are only three streets now.

3) When a player is all in, he plays the street that he is all in. If player A shoves flop, player B and C calls, player B and C keep playing for the side pot, but player A only plays his five card combination on flop.
If just two players are all in, the action ends on that whatever street they are.

Just applying only one of the steps above makes the game more skill based.

This would make the game more a "Poker" game.

"Poker" for me, is the ability to size power on weakest opponents. The more clever/skilled you are, the more money you can gain, the more profitable you become.

"Poker" for me is about inducing your oponnent to make a mistake. To induce them to tilt, but not to the point of desperation..

Is about "what is he thinking that i could be thinking.." etc.

Poker could be a great game in the future, but the "gambling" element must be reduced drastically.

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And yes, shoving draws has no value (other than, a stone cold bluff)
The ability to abuse shorter stacks when you have a big stack on tourneys is reduced for obvious reasons...you name it. Everything has its cons



And here is the main "con", or counter-argument iv'e seen most whenever someone wants to make the game more skill based:

"Fish won't play"

"You have to have a little gamble, or you won't be able to attract fish" etc


Which i don't think it's totally true. A real "fish" or "casual" would play whatever is "trending". They just follow the herd