Poker Player Behavior after Big Wins and Big Losses

We find that experienced poker players typically change their style of play after winning or losing a big pot—most notably, playing less cautiously after a big loss, evidently hoping for lucky cards that will erase their loss. This finding is consistent with Kahneman and Tversky's (Kahneman, D....

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Veröffentlicht in:Management Science. - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1954. - 55(2009), 9, Seite 1547-1555
1. Verfasser: Smith, Gary (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Levere, Michael, Kurtzman, Robert
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Management Science
Schlagworte:prospect theory break-even hypothesis risk investment Behavioral sciences Mathematics Economics Information science
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