Poker or Bridge – which is tougher?

I found this interview of Steve Weinstein – a noted bridge winner and also a serious poker player. Steve won a big tournament earlier this year in Borgata and cashed more than $658,000.

And of course, he has won more money in the Cavendish than any other bridge player ever, and has won the event I believe 6 times.

“SPG: You’re also a master at the card game bridge. Which is harder to get good at, poker or bridge?

SW: Bridge is a far more difficult game. You really can’t be a prodigy in bridge like you can be in poker. It takes years to become anywhere near a master at bridge.

SPG: So, you think bridge requires more skill, then?

SW: Yeah, it does. Bridge is a terrible gambling game because it’s very obvious when people are better than you. Poker has similarities to backgammon where people can just roll the dice, and poker is a tremendous gambling game because there’s a lot of skill, but it’s not a game of absolute information and absolute skill. Bridge also doesn’t have absolute information, but there’s much more because you have 13 cards per person with four people, and the combinations are just so extreme that … bridge is by far a much more complicated and more difficult game.”

And the full interview is at :

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/2709-online-poker-interview-with-steve-39-thorladen-39-weinstein

Steve’s live tournament cashes are listed below

Steven Weinstein Poker Results