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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to SportsEnglish · 1 year ago

No, You Can’t Beat an Olympic Table Tennis Player

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No, You Can’t Beat an Olympic Table Tennis Player

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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to SportsEnglish · 1 year ago
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An N.B.A. star’s trash talk was good-natured but typical, elite players said. They say they play along with it … to a point.
  •  chumbalumber   ( @chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Whether you’re able to take a point depends on how much of the game/sport depends on chance. At one end of the spectrum, chess is minimal percentage dependent on chance; you’re never beating Carlsen in a match (though nor is 99.9999% of the population!), but on the other (e.g. poker) there’s a big element of luck, and the skill element is knowing how to play to your best odds.

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      Let’s be real, you’re also never beating a pro poker player.

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        You could well beat a pro poker player in a hand – point is you’re never beating them over the course of a game.

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