To argue otherwise is to argue black is white.
END OF STORY.
End of story? Really? Because that isn’t the story I was even reading.
I really do not see what the license has to do with the “chance” vs. “skill” argument that we were speaking of originally. Personally, I could give a damn less if they guy goes to jail for running illegal poker tournaments or a cock fight… there was much more at stake here.
The UK has been a “safe haven” for our industry. Someplace to point to and say, “See… civilized nations can tolerate and even regulate this industry”. So it was importatnt, in my opinion, how the “chance” vs. “skill” debate played out legally.
If you’re going to say that poker is more luck that skill I think you just don’t understand the game. Is blackjack pure gambling? No, that’s why you are thrown out of casinos if you can count cards! It’s a skill that can manipulate the odds in your favor!
Poker is much the same. Players must have highly developed skills of reading people, calculating odds, and extreme self dicipline. Yes, oh gawd hell yes there is some luck involved. But there’s luck involved in so many things we consider to be skills! Professional sports was just a great example.
You see books teaching poker skill all the time… just like sports, you can build your skill. How many people read books with titles like “Slots Skills for Dummies” or “The Psychology of Roulette”? Maybe “Mathmatical Applications for Keno?”
Gimme a break… sigh.gif