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Article: Texas Hold'em is a Game of Skill

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  1. Dan Dan is offline Administrator

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    Mar 29th, 2009 (3/29/2009 1:47pm)

     
  2. POKERWIZ420 POKERWIZ420 is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 11:01am) in reply to Dan

    <p>its about that time all</p>
  3. wandigo wandigo is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 11:34am) in reply to Dan

    <p>Why didn't they include tournament hands? Pretty obvious that a majority of cash game hands are won without showdown</p>
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  4. bef99hwk bef99hwk is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 12:54pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>Yes...do a study on mtts and we are all screwed prolly.  Lets just leave it to cash games to get this regulated!</p>
  5. mesaplayeraz mesaplayeraz is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 1:42pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>It's a joke of a study if they didnt include MTT's and only did cash games. </p>
  6. Jennifear Jennifear is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 2:27pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>This is a great study.  I wonder if the credibility of the study will be called into question because pokerstars conducted it.</p>
    <p>Cash games are a pure form of poker, and it's okay that they used only cash games for the study.  I hope that doesn't lead some idiot to believe that cash games are skill and MTTs are luck (lol)</p>
    <p>In any event, it's pretty obvious that poker, in any form available, is a game of skill.</p>
  7. bef99hwk bef99hwk is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 2:58pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>True...people care more in cash about losing the money in front of them...plz run the study on mtts when ppl don't give a s**** and see how many hands win what.  </p>
    <p>On a serious note, they prolly didn't do mtts cuz more factors are involved...blind structure, money jumps, etc....so test would be innaccurate.</p>
  8. dazedace dazedace is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 4:28pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>Is it just me or does anyone else find it disgusting that in our "free" country we have to create 100m sample size reports to determine if a GAME is skill or not to give us more ammunition to fight against allowing Americans to play a game they choose.</p>
     
  9. Piloteg Piloteg is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 4:32pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>Title should read: Texas Hold'em is still a game of skill.</p>
  10. billywestom billywestom is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 7:15pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>Then why do I never win?</p>
  11. Hoobangin Hoobangin is offline

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    Mar 30th, 2009 (3/30/2009 7:52pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>Because you are not skilled?</p>
     
  12. billywestom billywestom is offline

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    Mar 31st, 2009 (3/31/2009 3:08am) in reply to Dan

    <p>genius.</p>
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    Mar 31st, 2009 (3/31/2009 3:10pm) in reply to Dan

    <p>so thats why i was doomswitched all of december....</p>
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