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Originally Posted by McGlashan
Chess is a game of complete information whereas poker has hidden information. The hidden information aspect can frustrate smart people who do not correctly deal with things being out of their control.
Hidden information and hidden stratagy which leads to the complication of the game to be undervalued.
An adverage chess player can review a game of top players in chess and see the tatics being played out in the game.
After the fact in a chess game you can go back a see how a long combination of moves was set up to achieve a winning position in the game and relatively easily understand the players moves AFTER the game was played out. So the game is EZ to be impressed by because you can easily see the amazing tatics of the player right before your eyes.
However, if you review a poker match been players you can not understand what the players were thinking after the game is played out. You may think you understand but you don't, the thought process of the poker player is hidden in a poker game and so greatness or the reasoning can not be accurately valued because it is not able to be see.
Many people falsely think chess is more difficult because they can easily see the great tatics in it and falsely think poker is less difficult because they lack the perception to see the tatics being played out so they think the tatics are less because they are unable to sense them. Some who perception is even less think poker is next to pure luck and chance.