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Old 04-29-2007, 12:41 AM
emerson emerson is offline
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Default Re: Chess vs. Poker trends in gaming theory

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Does anyone here use chess gaming theory in poker? This especially goes for Tournament play, where you can not reload. In a nutshell, your objective in chess is to capture your opponents queen. In tournament poker your objective is to capture your opponents last chip. There are many similarities between both games that has no been discussed much. I am opening this thread for discussion.

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I would think that there is not much game theory in chess. Nothing is hidden from your opponent in chess. About the only thing I can personally think of is a competitor using a variety of different opening in a long match. But I'm not sure this qualifies.

Of course, when world class grandmasters play each other they probably play closer to a min-max strategy than an exploitative strategy, that they would use against a weaker player.
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