Skill in games

Patrick Larkey; Joseph B. Kadane; Robert Austin; Shmuel Zamir

doi:10.1287/mnsc.43.5.596

Skill in games

Patrick Larkey, Joseph B. Kadane, Robert Austin, Shmuel Zamir

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Abstract

Differences in players' skill are important determinants of relative player success in most real games such as poker, chess, basketball, business, and politics. Yet conventional game theory has concentrated primarily on games with no skill differences among players. This paper uses a simplified version of stud poker to better understand the concept of differential player skill in games. Players with very different strategies for playing this game are modeled algorithmically and pitted against one another in simulation tournaments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	596-609
Number of pages	14
Journal	Management Science
Volume	43
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.43.5.596
State	Published - May 1997

Keywords

Bayesian Game Theory
Game Theory
Poker
Simulation
Strategy

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