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As we all know, poker online is a casinogame of skill, thought is sometimes involved. And here’s another study that proves it.

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a poker online grassroots advocacy group, today lauded the “Statistical Analysis of Texas Hold ‘Em” study released this morning, which provides raw data showing the outcomes of games are predominantly determined by the players’ decisions, not just chance. The results of this study are sure to assist members of the poker community with ongoing legal challenges to protect the game from being categorized as gambling. Earlier this year PPA witnessed a string of legal victories, with judges and juries in the U.S. states of Colorado, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina all determining that poker is predominantly a game of skill, not chance, and should not be classified as “gambling” under the law. The study, released by Cigital, Inc. in conjunction with PokerStars, used data acquired from 103 million hands of Texas Hold ‘Em played online in December of 2008. According to Cigital’s report, more than 75 percent of the cases saw an outcome determined with no player even seeing more than his/her own cards and the community cards. Nearly 25 percent of the games witnessed a showdown where the cards were revealed to determine the winner, but only half of the showdowns were won by the player who had the best five card hand. The other half of the showdowns were won by someone with an inferior hand because the player with the best hand decided to fold prior to showdown.