In Poker, Psychologists Place Bets On Skill
Is it luck of the draw in poker? The answer is ‘no’, according to new findings from two psychology studies. In the first study, DeDonno had 41 college students play eight games, totaling 200 hands, of Turbo Texas Hold’em, a computerized simulation of 10-player Hold’em poker.
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Poker dictionary:
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
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