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Old 11-07-2005, 11:41 PM
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Default Re: College Paper... Poker: Luck or Skill

Here's your outline

Introduction: Poker requires skill
-Basic Gambling Concept of EV
-Basic NL rules
-The luck of the hole cards and the skill of knowing which to play and when
-The notion of relative value, the luck of the opponent's cards and the skill of knowing when your top set just got killed by a straight
-The luck of the available seat and the skill of table selection as contrasted with the inability to select tables in a tournament
-The luck of variance and the skill of proper bankroll management.
Conclusion: Over the long run everyone has the same luck and the skill is just a matter of knowing when the odds are in your favor.

If you're a little short, add a couple paragraphs about pot odds.

If you can't get three pages out of that then what the hell are you doing in college?
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