LOL!
Oh Paul Paul Paul… I love how you always write “End of Story” like that’s supposed to make me think “Gee… I better leave it alone…”
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Now I tried not to insult you… just a soft ribbing. But you seem offended and intent on taking this to a more personal level which I will not go to. 
This is a stupid thread now… and stupid as it is you have at least admitted that poker is more skill than chance… which was my original point… so I thank you for conceding that.
I did in fact compare poker to roulette to show the valid point you have conceded… that poker is in fact mostly skill and perhaps 35% chance. I especially love the part where you say…
…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…
What a contradiction in terms.
Even you see the skill needed for that… even if you cannot agree with it. Does a football coach “gamble” with a play call? Does a stockbroker “gamble” with an aggressive pick? Does a writer “gamble” on a delicate movie or book subject? My money is on YES… even though all those things take skill.
But, according to you and “Stupid” (that’s his name, not an insult) chance is so much more important that a pro football player is really no better than you or I… they just get lucky more often. In fact, on any given day, the ol’ Gooner could suit-up and play linebacker for the Bears! LOL! Good luck with that…
OH! And as far as your tornament theory…
…major tournaments the “best players” are being knocked out repeatedly with bad beats…
Which is why Hellmuth has 10 bracelets… LOL!!!!!
Tell me this: Were the red Chinese better soilders that the Americans in Korea? Or were there just so damn many of them that they ran over a superior force? That’s the modern WSOP in a nuttshell… If the numbers were even, skill would kick the living crap outa luck.
Now, when you calm down and stop with the “brain on ice” attempts to belittle me realize that I never in any way, shape or form given any statement that this guy didn’t need a license… never… hold on I’ll check again…. ahhhh…. nope. Didn’t say it.
The entire reason for this thread was that the Poker Player Alliance here in the US is trying to get an exemption from the legistation for Poker as a game of skill (yea a long shot, but ya never know).
This ruling hurts that chance, I believe, and I dissagree with it for all the reasons I’ve stated over and over and over so many times that my fingers hurt.
This thread is utterly useless now, and it’s late where I am, so I will take my small little frozen brain to bed… get up in the morning fresh, and see how much more creative you can be with the personal statements over my morining coffee…
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PS if yer gonna say “End of Story” each time you close your post, then you really should start them “Once upon a time…” . LOL!
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