@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp1345, author={Lee, Jungmin}, title={Prize and Risk-Taking Strategy in Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Poker Players}, year={2004}, month={Oct}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={1345}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1345}, abstract={This study examines whether people optimally respond to prize incentives for risk taking in tournaments. I exploit the television game show World Poker Tour as a natural experiment. The results show that professional players strategically choose the degree of risk taking depending on the incentives implied by the prize structure they face. I find that they are more sensitive to losses than to gains.}, keywords={risk;tournament;poker}, }