Do pokers players know how good they are? Accuracy of poker skill estimation in online and offline players

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Highlights:

• Poker skill was assessed via a simulated computer game.

• Internet and non-Internet gamblers where compared on skill and perceived skill.

• Internet gamblers have a higher subjective rating of poker skill.

• Internet gamblers were no more skilled when measured mathematically.

• Poker presents challenges for treatment providers in addressing gambling cognitions.

摘要

•Poker skill was assessed via a simulated computer game.•Internet and non-Internet gamblers where compared on skill and perceived skill.•Internet gamblers have a higher subjective rating of poker skill.•Internet gamblers were no more skilled when measured mathematically.•Poker presents challenges for treatment providers in addressing gambling cognitions.

论文关键词:Gambling,Poker,Internet,Online,Cognitive distortions

论文评审过程:Available online 10 December 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.11.006