http://timworstall.com/2008/02/09/poker-is-a-game-of-chance/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/09/poker-is-a-game-of-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-7002 Gene Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:24:40 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/09/poker-is-a-game-of-chance/#comment-7002 Mark Twain wrote a great short story on exactly this question, built around a gent who was being prosecuted for playing a game of chance. I think it was titled "Luck or Skill?" The court ruled in favor of "skill" after accepting defense counsel's motion to set up a demonstration game of poker between some court officers and a few "professors" brought in by the defendant. Look it up, it's an amusing story. Mark Twain wrote a great short story on exactly this question, built around a gent who was being prosecuted for playing a game of chance. I think it was titled “Luck or Skill?” The court ruled in favor of “skill” after accepting defense counsel’s motion to set up a demonstration game of poker between some court officers and a few “professors” brought in by the defendant. Look it up, it’s an amusing story.

]]> http://timworstall.com/2008/02/09/poker-is-a-game-of-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-6938 ZT Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:36:05 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/09/poker-is-a-game-of-chance/#comment-6938 The classic W.C. Fields poker scene is: Sucker: "Is this a game of chance?" W.C.: "Not the way I play it." The classic W.C. Fields poker scene is:
Sucker: “Is this a game of chance?”
W.C.: “Not the way I play it.”

]]> http://timworstall.com/2008/02/09/poker-is-a-game-of-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-6922 Ingram Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:19:46 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/02/09/poker-is-a-game-of-chance/#comment-6922 For me it is a game of skill. Those I play who believe it is a game of chance, invariably always lose... For me it is a game of skill. Those I play who believe it is a game of chance, invariably always lose…

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