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Texas Hold’em: A Game of Skill

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  • Ben van der Genugten

    (Center and Department of Econometrics and OR, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands)

  • Peter Borm

    (Center and Department of Econometrics and OR, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands)

Abstract

The methodology of relative skill, by means of a detailed mathematical analysis of realistic approximations of Texas Hold’em cash games and tournaments as provided in van der Genugten and Borm [2012], and Borm and van der Genugten [2009] respectively, reconfirms the findings of the court in The Hague (cf. [Rechtbank Gravenhage [2011]) that Texas Hold’em in all its practical variants is a game of skill.

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  • Ben van der Genugten & Peter Borm, 2016. "Texas Hold’em: A Game of Skill," International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(03), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:igtrxx:v:18:y:2016:i:03:n:s0219198916500055
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219198916500055
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    1. Steven D. Levitt & Thomas J. Miles, 2014. "The Role of Skill Versus Luck in Poker Evidence From the World Series of Poker," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 15(1), pages 31-44, February.
    2. Marcel Dreef & Peter Borm & Ben van der Genugten, 2004. "A new relative skill measure for games with chance elements," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(5), pages 255-264.
    3. Hendrickx, R.L.P. & Borm, P.E.M. & van der Genugten, B.B. & Hilbers, P., 2008. "Measuring Skill in More-Person Games with Applications to Poker," Discussion Paper 2008-106, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
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    1. Duersch, Peter & Lambrecht, Marco & Oechssler, Joerg, 2020. "Measuring skill and chance in games," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).

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