It happens to all of us who have been in the world of poker for years to hear us ask: “Does it need luck to win in poker…?”. Patiently we reply that in the short term it’s important, in the long term much less. Then it’s clear that a coin flip won at the WSOP is worth more than in the home club…But the point is that the occasional player makes the capital mistake of confusing bad luck with inability. And the strongest player takes advantage of it.
Skill Poker Index valorise poker skills
Dott. Pietro Semeraro, CEO of All In Channel Entertainment & Communication s.r.l., created a live Texas Hold’em tournament poker model guided by the Skill Poker Index.
These have the ability to more clearly determine the skill level of the players. After all, the sports poker mode, the tournament version in fact, cleared the game, making sure that the potential loss was predetermined, as well as the potential win. In addition, the ethnographic observation described in the scientific report shows that today’s competitions, compared to those of the past, have a massive presence of skilled players, compared to neophytes. Dott. Semeraro has been working for a long time for a cultural change in live poker, with a science-based proposal on the subject of live Texas hold’em regulation.
Does poker need new rules to be defined as a real sport?
The question arises spontaneously: what if Poker needs new rules …? The peak of the game, in Italy, dates back to 2006 and many things have changed from then. Of course, after 16 years many players still play the game, but it’s certainly no longer a trend. The generalist TV has abandoned the product and the thematic channels have disappeared. Does it need recognition from CONI to find new sap? The road could be the one of a model that gives greater value to the skill component: the Skill Poker Index, precisely. The road to the future has been drawn, perhaps.
Jack Bonora
