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One of the reasons online poker remains classified as illegal is because of the luck factor in the game. It's a small factor, but still there to keep poker from being purely a skill game. Duplicate Poker is changing all that to give players a purely skill-based online poker option.

Duplicate Poker is based on a concept with its roots in tournament bridge. Players in corresponding seats at different tables are dealt identical poker hands and prove their skill not by how lucky they are but by how well they play each hand in comparison with other players who have the same cards.

Normally in poker, a run of "bad cards" can be devastating, but in duplicate poker, a player's opponents are getting the same cards, good or bad. In the end, a run of bad cards that are played well can win just as easily as a run of good cards, according to PKR.

How does it work exactly? Instead of playing against the players at the table, poker players at the site are technically playing against their corresponding player at another table.

Written by Sarah Polson

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