>>38734133Pokemon has that too with VGC.
One of the other reasons to why Poker is competitive involves math skills and buffing/reading skills.
In poker, and most card games, determining probabilities is one of the most important skills you can have while playing. Managing your luck with the cards you have by deciding which course of action you should take is an underappreciated skill.
Also in poker, buffs are a huge part of the game. Anyone well trained in the art of bluffing can more easily call any bluff while providing good bluffs of their own. You can call bluffs even with the smallest of details.
Bluffing isn’t also exclusive to Poker either. Pretty much every sport, game, and even in Non-games too.
Pokemon, fittingly, is actually very similar to Poker when accounting for types of skill. Although, luck management in Pokemon is lower since hax in Pokemon are usually not as impactful than in Poker. Pokemon gains some back with team composition skills.
