Poker (or Hold 'Em at least) is right in the sweet spot between "too much luck" where skilled players either don't reliably win or the long run takes too long t

Poker (or Hold 'Em at least) is right in the sweet spot between "too much luck" where skilled players either don't reliably win or the long run takes too long to converge and "not enough luck" where recreational players don't have fun because they feel like they can never win. Luck obscures who is really winning in terms of EV enough to keep the game going. If there were much less randomness involved, it wouldn't be so popular.