If you DO play poker and look at your cards, then make a decision whether to play them or not based on what you hold, your position at the table, who’s entered the pot before you, who’s left to act behind you, your chip stack, the blind and ante structure, your table image, or any combiantion of these factors, then….
You would do a similar thing playing video poker – you are not just going to pick 2-3 buttons to punch and hold random cards, and yet, I hope you are not going to argue that video poker is also game of skill…