University Study: Poker is a Game of Skill
In a game of luck, instruction and strategy are immaterial. This was the premise that guided Michael Dedonno and Dr. Douglas K. Detterman on their quest to determine if poker was a game of skill. Their paper in the current issue of…
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Poker lexicon:
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
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