Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Faculty of Economics and Management Department of Information echnologies !

achelor"s program in Economics and Management

Study #ear $%&'($%&) !achelor"s hesis Analysis of on-line poker gaming su*mitted *y Krytof Here Supervisor Ing+ Milo, Ulman Ph+D+

Methodology Methodology of the thesis is *ased on study of information resources and analysis of statistical data+ Most of the resources are core *oo-s *ut also pu*lic .uestionnaire and relia*le online sources are used+ he .uestionnaire is done *y the author of this thesis and data /ere collected from '0 participants in the age group from &123$ years+ he theoretical part is focused on characterization of po-er history and its general rules+ he practical part is *ased on a comparative analysis of soft/are product4 soft/are providers and description of the importance of pro*a*ility in po-er+ he study includes authors o/n e5perience+ Final conclusion is formulated *ased on the theoretical -no/ledge and results of analysis+ 6ypothesis Po-er is not a game of luc- and coincidence+ Even though some mathematical variance might occur4 /inning is *ased on s-ill and mathematical -no/ledge of the card game+ Player"s a*ility to read his opponents and determine the right strategy agains them is the most influencing factor+ herefore4 game of po-er should not *e considered *y pu*lic as a gam*ling+ 7ims of the essay he main o*8ective of this thesis is to analyze online po-er games and prove the hypothesis that game of po-er is *ased on s-ill+ he partial aim is to provide general information a*out po-er4 online card games providers and discover pu*lic opinion on po-er+ Content &9 Introduction i+ 6istory of po-er : !rief information a*out the po-er origin and later development and /orld/ide po-er *oom in $%%'+ ii+ ;ules : Description of the rules of the card game+ iii+ Current online po-er situation in the /orld : Characterization of po-er legal issues in the Czech ;epu*lic and in the rest of the /orld+ $9 Mathematical aspects of po-er : Demonstration of po-er as a game of mathematics and pro*a*ility+ Statistical summary including graphs+ '9 Comparative analysis of various gaming strategies : Illustration of different gaming strategies and the influence on the game+ E5amples of strategies of /ell2-no/n profita*le players+ )9 <aming soft/are4 gaming tools and its providers : =vervie/ of the *iggest po-er game providers on the mar-et+ Introduction of po-er soft/are tools and ho/ it can help the players to get *etter in the game+ 09 Conclusion : 7cceptance or re8ection of stated hypothesis and logical steps that led to it+ ;estatement of the main points and logical outcome of analyzed sources+ >ey/ords =n2line po-er4 po-er4 internet gam*ling4 e2*usiness4 po-erstars4 cy*erpsychology4 te5as holdem+ ;esources Literature? !;U@S=@4 Doyle+ =nline po-er? your guide to playing online po-er safely+ &st ed+ @e/ #or-? Cardoza Pu*+4 c$%%04 &1$ p+ IS!@ &02A%)2$&'$23+ @7B7;;= 4 Coe+ Phil 6ellmuth presents ;ead"em and reap? a career F!I agent"s guide to decoding po-er tells+ D@achdr+E+ @e/ #or-? Collins4 $%%A+ IS!@ 1FA2%%32&&1A2010+

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