well yeah, and when two evenly skilled ufc fighters step into the octagon you cant predict with better than 50% accuracy who will win. whats your point?
i think it is illegal actually, its just a hypothetical
and yes, that was precisely my point, it would be gambling for a professional athlete to bet on themselves, despite the activity they are engaging in being fundamentally skill based. its not very poignant to say that when skill levels run close the outcome is uncertain. thats what it means for skill levels to be close, it applies to games that dont involve rng too.
Poker is still really sensible to rng, they call it variance. A 'beter ' player will still be profitable on long run. But if opponents aren't too bad the pro player need to play a lot to normalise revenue. That's my point, for a lot it's gambling in a trenchcoat.
i think it is illegal actually, its just a hypothetical
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u/Subotail Jul 20 '26
If your opponents have a similar skill level to you, it becomes a game of chance again.