Poker a game of skill according to Cigital Study

A survey carried out by software consultancy group Cigital in conjunction with online poker giants PokerStars pored over the results of over 103 million hands to conclude that poker is a game of skill.

The recently concluded study analysed the findings of online hand histories submitted by PokerStars players and discovered that 75% of all hands were won or lost without the player ever seeing more than their own hole cards and the cards on the board.

Of the remaining 25% that actually reached showdown, only half were won by the player holding the best five-card hand, with the remainder of winning hands being folded before the cards were turned face up. Such findings strongly indicate that Texas Hold’em is a game dictated largely by skill, with good players relying on more than just luck to win pots.