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- Title
Knowing When to Fold'em: A Monte Carlo Exploration of Card Shuffling and How Poker Players Can Gain an Advantage.
- Authors
Merz, David W.; Chi, Peter B.
- Abstract
This work demonstrates that the card shuffling procedure commonly performed in casino poker rooms is insufficient for randomizing a deck of cards. We explore this in the context of Texas Hold'em, which has established itself as the most popular form of poker worldwide over the past few decades. We show the degree to which any given card may be more (or less) likely to show up as an important card in the subsequent hand. Additionally, we find that the shuffling procedure does not sufficiently separate cards from their starting point; that is, cards are more likely to stay close together after shuffling than they should by chance. Thus, in this work, we demonstrate that Texas Hold'em players can gain an advantage over their opponents by recognizing these deficiencies in the shuffling procedure.
- Subjects
CARD shuffling; TEXAS hold 'em (Poker); POKER players; POKER; CASINOS; MONTE Carlo method; PROBABILITY theory
- Publication
UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal, 2022, Vol 26, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
1531-0930
- Publication type
Article