Improvements Enhance Skill and Further Reduce Luck
New York, NY (January 28, 2008) –
DuplicatePoker.com announced today that it has made significant changes to its game site that are designed to further maximize skill over chance. The latest improvement, cap betting, means all players are limited to a certain number of chips they can either win or lose on a single hand.
In
DuplicatePoker, every tournament table is dealt cards from an identical deck. This drastically reduces the element of luck, since a player can’t get a run of “good” or “bad” cards – his corresponding opponents at other tables are getting the same good or bad cards. This is the same format that is used in duplicate bridge; in fact, all of the top competition events in bridge are conducted as duplicate games.
Since
DuplicatePoker was first created in 2004, the game has primarily utilized a no-limit betting structure, allowing players to bet any amount of the tournament chips they had in play. With a capped betting structure now in place, player results over the entire course of the round or session are weighed more fairly, thus further reducing variance and emphasizing skill.
“Cap betting is the tool necessary to guarantee that game results will be an accurate reflection of skill,” said Nolan Dalla,
DuplicatePoker’s Director of Communications. “Without cap betting in place, players who knew they were hopelessly behind could simply move all-in on the last few hands, regardless of their cards, with the hope they might get lucky and win the hand. But with cap betting, the Hail Mary strategy is nullified.”
In most tournaments in
Duplicate Poker, players start off each hand with 10,000 in chips. Cap betting means that players can bet only up to a fixed number of chips in each hand – for example, 1,000 chips per hand. With a cap placed on betting amounts, no single hand outcome guarantees success or failure.
Cap betting is one of many improvements made at
DuplicatePoker.com within the last three months. In November 2007, a new game client debuted which made it easier to play the game and follow the action. The site has also made significant improvements to its graphics and navigation system.
The
DuplicatePoker.com site offers both “play money” and “real money” games to its customers. Play money games allow novices a chance to become more familiar with the nuances of
Duplicate Poker, at their own pace. However, there is also an opportunity to compete for real money. The site makes it easy for players to deposit funds via most major credit cards. The site includes a quick introductory tutorial on the concepts of the game of duplicate poker, an essential element to real enjoyment of this exciting new game.
DuplicatePoker.com also offers cash bonuses just for signing up and frequently holds free tournaments for its players, called freerolls. The site now offers a 200 percent sign-up bonus on any deposit made by new players up to $100, and even provides $3 in free money for new players to experiment with playing for real money.
Visit the website to try out the next big thing in skill-based gaming which can be found at
Duplicate Poker.com
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