The role of Skill Poker Index in poker
To understand the Skill Poker Index, it is crucial to reflect on the effect of variance in poker, particularly the “crack” in the All-In phase before the river. Over thirteen years of observations in the live sector, it’s emerged that the fear of crack and the resulting frustration are common among players. However, PPPs coming […]
Skill Poker Index: How the New Paradigm Revolutionises Strategies in Live Poker Tournaments
The new paradigm of the Skill Poker Index introduces a revolutionary vision regarding the strategies applied in live poker tournaments. This approach highlights a “structural misunderstanding” related to the strategic application of probabilistic calculation in relation to the pot. Although pot-based strategies are fundamental in cash game sessions, where the main goal is to accumulate […]
Skill Poker Index: A new interdisciplinary approach to live poker
The paradigm shift proposed by the new model is based on adopting an interdisciplinary method as a perspective for analysis, abandoning the concept of “acceptance” proposed in the past and relying on the qualitative tools offered by communication theories to bridge the interpretive gaps of classical science. For example, when comparing card combinations, probabilistic calculations […]
Live Poker: The Comparison Between Sports Disciplines and Texas Hold’em
In the context of live poker skills, today we reflect on the characteristics of sports disciplines compared to Texas Hold’em poker. In any sport, the slightest mistake by an athlete can jeopardize the success of their performance; if the perfect execution of the sports gesture automatically leads to success, a mistake offers an advantage to […]
Live Poker Skills: Beyond Mathematics – Part 2
The live Texas Hold’em poker, thanks to the continuous direct confrontations between players, represents the ideal arena for testing a wide range of theories related to the study of communication. Various authors over the years have provided useful scientific theories to bridge the informational gap related to probabilistic calculations in live tournaments, offering valuable strategic […]
Skills in Live Texas Hold’em Poker – Part 1: Beyond Mathematics and the Limits of Online Poker
When comparing online poker to live poker, the live tournament scenario proves to be different and more complex. Mono-disciplinary analysis based on mathematics and probability calculation, while effective in online poker, is not enough to tackle the challenges of live poker. In fact, long-term quantitative strategies no longer work due to the dominance of variance […]
Skills in online poker: an in-depth analysis
In this article, we will examine the skills required to succeed in online poker, while in the next article we will focus on the specific skills of live poker. From observations in this field, it is possible to identify two distinct but interconnected cognitive paths in online poker: the ability, quality, and speed with which […]
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 main difficulty in classifying poker as a sporting activity, according to the criteria of the European Sports Charter, lies in the inability to use one’s skills to influence the outcomes of a match. […]
Challenges in Regulating Live Poker in Italy – Part 3
The traditional structure of Texas Hold’em poker tournaments is one of the main reasons that force the discipline into the categories of “gambling“. The analysis of a hand played in a live tournament demonstrates this hypothesis, highlighting the influence of the random component and the lack of strategy in certain situations, such as when being […]