Studies & Papers

Explore the compelling evidence that showcases poker's strategic depth and cognitive challenges, reaffirming its status as a skill game and a mind sport.

Cigital - Statistical Analysis of Texas Hold’Em

Mr. Paco Hope (Technical Manager – Cigital, Inc.), Mr. Brian Mizelle – (Managing Principal – Cigital, Inc.), Mr. Sean McCulloch, PhD (Associate Professor – Department of Mathematics and Computer Science – Ohio Wesleyan University

Measuring Skill In More-Person Games With Applications To Poker​

Ruud Hendrickx, Peter Borm,  Ben van der Genugten, Pim Hilbers

Toward Legalization of Poker: The Skill vs. Chance Debate

Robert C. Hannum, Anthony N. Cabot

Poker is a Game of Skill

Allyn Jaffrey Shulman

Poker, Chance and Skill

Noga Alon

Technical Opinion - Analysis of Texas Holdem as a game of skill

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Molina de Figueiredo – Laboratório de Perícias

Legal Opinion - Is Texas Holdem a game of chance?

Miguel Reale Júnior – Professor Titular da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de SBo Paulo

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