Online poker skills: the two cognitive paths of a professional
Online poker skills are not one thing: the study identifies two, distinct and inseparable. Anyone who approaches online play with a professional orientation exercises two different but intrinsically interdependent cognitive paths. On one side the rapid selection of data and the calculation of equity and expected value; on the other the critical interpretation of that […]
The Challenges of Skill in Texas Hold’em Poker
To develop and understand the Skill Poker Index, it is essential to analyze the concept of skill in Texas Hold’em poker. The question is apparently simple. But the answer determines everything: legality, regulation and the sporting recognition of the discipline. The main difficulty in classifying poker as a sporting activity, according to the criteria of […]