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02-03-2007, 05:10 AM
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Re: OK so how would you go about showing poker is a game of skill?
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Money is involved so it's gambling. [/ QUOTE ] Players win money in golf tournaments. 
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02-03-2007, 06:09 AM
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Re: OK so how would you go about showing poker is a game of skill?
i have an idea. take the random senator or so. ask him if he would like to sit in a game with 100k of his own cash with doyle, ivey, greenstein, etc. or the random game of clowns that normally play the .1/.25 game. lets see if it is skill or not.
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02-03-2007, 06:49 AM
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Re: OK so how would you go about showing poker is a game of skill?
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Money is involved so it's gambling. [/ QUOTE ] Ironically, money is involved for the same people who are trying to stop it from being played. Southern Baptists must be gambling too, 'cause there's money in the church.
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02-03-2007, 06:50 AM
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Re: OK so how would you go about showing poker is a game of skill?
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i have an idea. take the random senator or so. ask him if he would like to sit in a game with 100k of his own cash with doyle, ivey, greenstein, etc. or the random game of clowns that normally play the .1/.25 game. lets see if it is skill or not. [/ QUOTE ] He'd probably say he doesn't gamble.
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02-03-2007, 06:52 AM
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Re: OK so how would you go about showing poker is a game of skill?
However, if you told him he had no choice BUT to play...
Ask him if he'd rather play with the best players in the world or the worst players in the world. His answer should prove the skill.
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02-03-2007, 08:34 AM
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Re: OK so how would you go about showing poker is a game of skill?
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[ QUOTE ] Money is involved so it's gambling. [/ QUOTE ] Players win money in golf tournaments. [/ QUOTE ] This is always the thing I come back to. The only difference is that poker is an intellectual/mind game, golf is a physical game. Hey, maybe this is a form of discrimination.
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02-03-2007, 12:22 PM
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Re: OK so how would you go about showing poker is a game of skill?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Money is involved so it's gambling. [/ QUOTE ] Players win money in golf tournaments. [/ QUOTE ] This is always the thing I come back to. The only difference is that poker is an intellectual/mind game, golf is a physical game. Hey, maybe this is a form of discrimination. [/ QUOTE ] Yes it is. A black man wins every golf tournament.
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02-03-2007, 01:52 PM
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Re: OK so how would you go about showing poker is a game of skill?
Proving there is skill in a poker game like Hold'em is pretty simple. Just pit a mediocre player against a computer (or person) programmed to lose. The loser could play something like always folding or always calling or any destined to lose strategy. The mediocre player will eventually win.
Since one strategy is better than the other there must be at least some skill in playing the game.
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02-03-2007, 01:56 PM
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Re: OK so how would you go about showing poker is a game of skill?
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Money is involved so it's gambling. [/ QUOTE ] Everything is gambling. Poker is most definitely gambling. But that doesn't mean there isn't skill involved. Completely separate topics.
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#20
02-03-2007, 02:41 PM
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Does it really matter?
Will proving poker is a game of skill really help anything here in the U.S.? We have legalized wagering on games with and without skill. I realize sometimes lawmakers will use that term in their laws, but it obviously isn't a deciding factor.
Heads up gun fights are a game of skill. Russian roulette is a game of chance. Should gun fights now be legalized since they are a game of skill?
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