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Poker is a Game of Luck Not Skill, Court Rules
The London Times ^
| January 17, 2006
| Lucy Bannerman
Posted on 01/17/2007 10:37:25 AM PST by meg88
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Sure, luck is a part of the game, but it is undoubtedly the skill of a player that is the difference maker. Have these UK judges never heard of a stone-cold bluff?
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:37:27 AM PST
by
meg88
To: CSM; jmc813; Phantom Lord; doubled; Graycliff; Tallguy; Lexington Green; ThinkDifferent; ...
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:39:50 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: meg88
That must be why I always lose at poker. Either that or I try to win every time with a pair of twos.
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:40:32 AM PST
by
stm
(Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
To: meg88
Jailed for Poker...unbelievable.
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:40:37 AM PST
by
albie
To: meg88
I know a judge I'd like to play poker with......
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:41:16 AM PST
by
ElectricStrawberry
(27th Infantry Regiment...cut in half during the Clinton years....Nec Aspera Terrent!!!)
To: meg88
Sure... that's why you can recognize at least half the final table at any WSOP event. It's mostly skill in that it's a manipulation of risk & percentages. It's hard to sustain luck.
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:41:31 AM PST
by
Tallguy
To: meg88
clearly this judge has never seen me play...
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:41:32 AM PST
by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: meg88
Pair of jacks to open, but don't raise.
To: meg88
What do they mean "Not a game of skill?"
Just ask Kenny Rogers, he'll tell ya:
You got to know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
& know when to run!
To: meg88
What do they mean "Not a game of skill?"
Just ask Kenny Rogers, he'll tell ya:
You got to know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
& know when to run!
To: meg88
Which does the government get more money from, games of chance or games of skill?
The Act states that a licence is needed to host games of chance such as blackjack and roulette, but not games of skill, such as chess and quiz machines.
I think I've found the answer. You can't host a poker game without giving the State a cut, no matter how much luck or skill is needed to win.
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:42:55 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Samoans: The (low) wage slaves in the Pelosi-Starkist complex.)
To: cuz_it_aint_their_money
grrrr, lousy rotten double posts!
To: meg88
A HAND of poker? More luck than skill.
HOURS of hands of poker? More skill than luck.
Which is why I don't play poker anymore: Everyone can tell when I get a good hand.
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:44:20 AM PST
by
pogo101
To: meg88
I would like to see this judge sit down with 100k of her own money vs. Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey. Give her twice as many chips to start with. If it's just luck she should have the best chance of winning, right?
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:45:19 AM PST
by
Hugin
To: meg88
Heh, if you think poker's a game of luck, please come play with my dad and his buddies . . .
. . . they will clean you out.
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:46:43 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: meg88
Did not a California jury decide it was a game of skill, back in the 1850's?
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:46:51 AM PST
by
fireforeffect
(A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
To: Hugin
what you said!
My father paid his way through school playing poker (and contract bridge) for money.
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:47:54 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: pogo101
I entered a WSOP satellite event a couple months ago. $200 buy in. 105 players. Grand prize was a seat and $10K in chips at the 2007 WSOP in Vegas. I made it to the final two tables before I was OUTPLAYED. With luck, you can win a hand. With skill, you can win a tournament.
To: Tallguy
This English judge has obviously never gone all in with Eveyln Ng at the WSOP.
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:48:35 AM PST
by
meg88
To: meg88
A jury decided yesterday that luck, not skill, played the greater part in poker They obviously don't play with the sharks I play with!
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posted on
01/17/2007 10:50:20 AM PST
by
6ppc
(Call Photo Reuters, that's the name, and away goes truth right down the drain. Photo Reuters!)
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