In a wider sense yes. But to a set of skilled poker players the value of the cards are relatively immaterial; they will play the averages and the other players

In a wider sense yes. But to a set of skilled poker players the value of the cards are relatively immaterial; they will play the averages and the other players. One of my friends (a hardened player) once put it like this: The cards are simply there to settle those times when players call bluffs to the end