Characteristics of good and poor poker players

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dc.contributor.authorLeonard, Carrie A.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWilliams, Robert J.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-20T17:34:22Z
dc.date.available2014-08-20T17:34:22Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionxi, 132 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractExisting research has demonstrated that poker is a game predominated by skill. Little is known about the specific characteristics of good poker players however, which is partly due the lack of a readily administered measure of poker skill. The first purpose of this study was to develop and validate such an instrument ('Poker Skill Measure'). Having accomplished this, the second purpose of this study was to identify the individual differences that differentiate good from poor poker players. It was found that good players are more likely to be male, to have lower susceptibility to gambling fallacies, a greater tolerance for financial risks, superior social information processing skills, and perhaps less openness to aesthetic and imaginative experience. Tentative evidence would also indicate that having sufficient levels of most of these attributes is more important for poker success rather than having exceptional strength in just one or two of these areas.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3484
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquestyesNoen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychology, c2013en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectPokeren_US
dc.subjectPoker -- Psychological aspectsen_US
dc.subjectPoker players -- Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleCharacteristics of good and poor poker playersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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