I'm not a gambler, truly, the nlc2 coins are a penny each if you were going to by them, which makes that 5 coin buy in a nickel, haha! Though I hear you on the luck. That's why I would never put any real money into poker, far too much luck required. Steem monsters on the other hand is truly a skill based game, luck doesn't come into it other than of course with the packs- but I don't buy packs anymore, I buy individual cards directly from the peakmonster site to level up, and when you do your daily quests you get free cards :) I'm not too bad, not the best, but I did make it to fifty on the leaderboard last season :)