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Old 04-19-2018, 11:01 AM   #7
headhawg
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Originally Posted by HalvOnHorseracing View Post
Luck is often a synonym for probability. Sometimes your number comes up like, "I was lucky to draw a jack as the river card," sometimes it doesn't come up. Luck is simply a short-cut to avoid thinking about why something happened.
You can calculate the probability of the jack in the river. You cannot measure the likelihood that a hole will open up, not with any accuracy anyway. You might as well call it luck, karma, a bad break... So no, luck and probability are not synonyms in any practical sense.
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