skill will always win in the longrun thats why u will always see the consistant patient tourny players even in the freerolls consistantly make deep runs i think in the later stages of tourny is where luck is needed but what do i know.cash games as long as u play within ur bankroll skill should always win in the longrun unless u runnin that bad and lose it all in 1 session but if that happens u were probly playin overurhead