How is it done to determine when a player is professional? Is it because of his reputation or something else? If there is a player who enters a poker tournament and is not known but is a professional, how do they know if he is a professional or not? Professionals in poker should have a badge or something that identifies them, in order to calculate a rank of one as a player, right? I am not very knowledgeable about poker, but for me it is a game that has a lot of strategy and you have to have a lot of luck for the best plays to come out, I have been studying and I know that the royal flush is the one with the highest rank in this game, the Professionals are the ones who are always looking for the best moves and if they don't have them, they simply don't bet, right?
A professional will never say he is a professional, always humble, and never brag about his abilities. He tends not to show arrogance and belittle others because he knows others can have better abilities than him and will continuously hone his skills. A professional also doesn't need a badge or something that identifies them. Ranking is not something to be proud of because they know that others are better than them. I also don't know much about poker and I can say that my ability to play poker is very low. Indeed, a professional will always look for ways to win but will not expose themselves to others.
I think it's possible if a poker site will post the statistics of each player publicly. You will see if how many wins a player had versus to his losses but I think on most sites there is also a hide feature or to make themselves anonymous but other than this, a pro player can make a smurf account only to crush the newbie and weak players.
A good skill does matter in poker games but that will be limited if done online because you can't see the face of your opponent if they are bluffing or not but that's okay since they will also feel the same. This is what makes online poker exciting because you will also need some luck in order for you to win.
The casino will not provide detailed results to the public because it also tries to keep the secret from every player and does not want to open it to the public. Maybe we will look at the statistics in general but not in detail.
That's why in playing poker games, we are required to have enough ability to compete with opponents and try to win from them. But if it turns out that our abilities are not enough to beat them, that means we have to train again and we can try to compete with them at another time.