There is a way to take most of the luck out of the equation for a tournament. I've never seen it done with poker, but in bridge this is done occasionally. My wife is the competitive bridge player in the family. I've also heard of a variation being done in a backgammon tourney once.

A number of tables with equal number of players are set up. The cards for 1 table are shuffled and the cards for all other tables are arranged to be exactly like the shuffled deck. Then the hand is played.

The players at the tables are reassigned after every couple of hands.

What's interesting about this is you're not really playing against the players at your table. Luck will have a role in that hand. You are really playing against the players in the same position on the other tables, since that player will be seeing the same cards and the same obstacles that you are. The playing is scored vs all the players in his position for the day and the scoring tallied.

It's an interesting fomat, but can only be done easily by computer. I don't know of any poker software that could allow this to be done at this time.