Gooner drinking the same Wild Turkey?
Well one of us is being a Turkey …
Or perhaps it’s still a brain freeze from standing in the snow last week ??
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No I’m not saying Poker is like roulette or slots – where do you read that?
Where the (beeep) did I say that?
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You introduced that fatuous concept in an attempt to give your argument some credence.
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Interestingly the other “skill game” mentioned in the report is CHESS.
That’s a game where you have skill, skill, skill … and a dose of skill.
The other chance game mentioned was roulette.
Lady luck – pure and simple.
Poker is not roulette – but nor is it chess. The facts are that there is a significant amount of luck in any single hand of poker – in my estimation perhaps as much as 30-40% – as you have to gamble on an unknown – what hand does the oppoennt have – and that’s enough to mean it’s not a skill game as defined in the statutes.
Sure you can buy books on systems, do a lot of learning – but you’re still working on the 60%=70% that you can influence – you still need the luck and the cards to win.
Over the course of major tournaments the “best players” are being knocked out repeatedly with bad beats (unlucky cards?) so that we get the situation now that the best players have to run their own HORSE tournament with exclusive buy-ins to find the “best player” …
… because they have decided that they have no “chance” of beating the “luck” of all these awful amateur internet players and becoming “world Champion” any more.
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Then you ask so WTF if poker is Gambling ??? (which it is)
Well it’s central to the whole discussion – which you’ll realise when your brain thaws out.
Gambling means get a bloody gambling license !!
Gambling is a popular business in the UK – sure !!
But bookmakers are legal – when they’re licensed.
And Casinos are legal – when they’re licensed.
And if someone whant to take 10% rake off poker games – then they need a bloody gambling license !!!
That’s all the judge and jury said.
It’s called sensible gambling regulations – and there is little doubt that poker is a game that should be covered under gambling regulations. To argue otherwise … is just a losing arguement.
So in answer to your question :
– yes I’m wild after reading your rantings ..
– but it’s not ME being the Turkey …
:cheers:
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