A Symmetric Continuous Poker Model

Beginning wi th von Kcuma nn, m athcm >lticians con ccrn cd with ti le rati ollal tl ila lr s i,; of conflict sit uations ha ve reali zcd t hat inycstigation of acc ura tc o r simplifi ed \'cn; ions of common card games leads to techniques a nd insigh t s applicablc to sit uations of mili ta n ' or economic intcrest .. . I n the p rese nt paper, a symm etric pokc r model onc s tagc morc co nl plicated t han t he o:'lgll1aI von Neuma nn gamc is soh ·cd . T hcre a rc l wo bct lc \'cls, a, b, a nd an ante of ~ umt (t;t > b> 1).; no ra lscs arc perml ttcd . Thc g'lmc has a uniq uc op t ima l stra tegy, whJCh forbids bluffing on a low ha nd . The limi t ing rasc b= I is s l10w n to vicld the von Neuma nn mode l. ~