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[QUOTE="AQA272, post: 5970758, member: 455671"]
[COLOR=#282829]Poker is addictive because it’s a game of both skill and luck.[/COLOR][COLOR=#282829]Games where outcomes are partially in player’s control and partially out of player’s control are highly addictive.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#282829]Poker is exactly this type of game.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#282829]Poker requires skill and self-control to win consistently over time. Top poker players are well known and highly skilled.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#282829]However, each individual game’s outcome depends on a large degree of luck. Players who get better hands than their opponent, land a great river, or play against the odds can still win.[/COLOR][COLOR=#282829]This randomness in winning outcomes creates emotional highs and lows that are both exciting and memorable.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#282829]Players know that poker requires skill, but it’s how poker game results diverge from player expectations that causes them to play more.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#282829]These divergences cause the emotions that players remember and influence behavior. Wins produce emotional highs and release of dopamine. Losses don’t match player expectations and are rationalized as bad-luck.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#282829]Even more importantly, losses make players appreciate winning because losses mean that winning is scarce, and therefore instinctually more valuable.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#282829]Poker game outcomes divergence from expectation makes poker addictive.[/COLOR]
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