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- cman2020, on 02/20/2009, -0/+13Not sure of your meaning, but yes, cheerleading is a skill, as is poker.
- yannidc, on 02/19/2009, -1/+14Another victory for poker. This comes on the heels of decisions in Colorado and Pennsylvania where courts have ruled that poker is a game of skill.
- cman2020, on 02/19/2009, -2/+9People are getting the message, poker is a skill game!
- siggyfawn, on 02/20/2009, -0/+7lawls you're not a nerd. dumbass.
- amortization, on 02/21/2009, -0/+5Poker is never played against the house. Casinos which hold poker games, and their online counterparts, make money by holding the games and taking a rake (a small amount of each pot won). In tournaments, entry fees are collected. The casino, or house, doesn't care who wins. They make money regardless.
- aquafire, on 02/21/2009, -0/+4Wow... high roller...
- inactive, on 02/21/2009, -0/+3Nobody ever said that it was "entirely a game of skill". Everyone realizes that there is also some luck involved.
- TheEngineer2008, on 02/21/2009, -0/+3No, poker is a game of skill, so it's more like friends betting on golf (their own game) or chess.
- playuhh, on 02/21/2009, -1/+4Game of skill as is commenting on digg.
- ProjectGSX, on 02/20/2009, -2/+5Poker != slot machines
- TheEngineer2008, on 02/21/2009, -0/+2To send the FreedomWorks letter supporting online poker and gaming rights to President Obama, go to: http://www.capwiz.com/freedomworks/issues/alert/?a ...
- NaziHatinChimp, on 02/20/2009, -2/+4What a bunch of *****. We (SC) have to close down schools and cut education funding but these guys can't learn how to make this into a profitable business.
- TheEngineer2008, on 02/21/2009, -0/+2This is great news for liberty. To support poker legislation at the federal level, please check out the Poker Players Alliance's emailer. You can tell Obama and Congress that you demand your liberty in less than 60 sec! http://capwiz.com/pokerplayersalliance/home/
- thirdeyeopen, on 02/21/2009, -1/+3A step in the right direction! Now we just need to get it fixed here in WA where it is a class C felony to play poker online!!! That's right! playing poker online as opposed to in a casino while drinking and surrounded by smoke, is just as much of a crime as diddling your little sister. Get that un-American ***** Gregoire out of office!!!
- billmill, on 02/21/2009, -1/+3The law enforcement agencies in South Carolina have nothing better to do than shut down home poker games and bring charges against a photo of Michael Phelps? Come on guys stop ***** around and get to work.
- TheEngineer2008, on 02/21/2009, -0/+1Gehreg,
This has been the law in SC since the early 1800s, so it really is a big change for the citizens of SC. - idc5, on 02/21/2009, -3/+4What the ***** , do our lawmakers and law enforcement have no real crimes / other issues to solve or worry about?
- Peko, on 02/21/2009, -0/+1You're arguing the skill versus luck tangent even when numbnuts talked about playing hold'em against the house?!?
Especially when he argued in regards to the skill component in regards to playing NLTHE against the house?
Yeah. Big picture. You missed it. - J0hnnyBlaze, on 02/20/2009, -2/+3I call bluff
- TheEngineer2008, on 02/21/2009, -0/+1It's pretty easy, actually. House banked games of chance are "gambling" under most state laws. Games where players play against one another (where the house has no interest in who wins or loses) where decisions are demonstrably skill-based could easily be defined as separate games of skill.
- Abomonog, on 02/21/2009, -0/+1If it had been Draw Poker or Stud I would not have agreed with this ruling. But Texas Holdem is a bit of a different story. There is much skill involved in deciding when to bet what as a misplaced bet can kill your pot really quickly.
It is also very possible to win a table with out bluffing at all in the game just by skillful betting.
Good call, judge. - moxley, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1Are you ***** kidding me? a FELONY? To play a game online in your own home?
I'm assuming it;s only if you're playing for money....but still...it can't possibly be enforcable? - pylaeron, on 02/21/2009, -1/+2Of course it's a game of skill. Just ask Phil Hellmuth.
- DivisibleByZero, on 02/21/2009, -2/+2Wouldn't playing poker for money fall under whatever laws regulate sports betting as well? Or is it different if the participants are the ones betting on it, not the spectators?
- woofers07, on 02/21/2009, -2/+2While I completely agree with the ruling, I'm curious as to where you have to draw the line of which card games are skill and which are a game of chance, allowing for more ridiculous raids.
- DEDEWSOP, on 02/21/2009, -0/+0Poker is and always will be a GAME OF SKILL. Congrats to Judge Duffy
- Geheg3D, on 02/21/2009, -0/+0Please Please Please! Please, Master, let me be free! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!
It's a sad day when a victory for liberty is a bureaucrat letting the slaves play a card game in their spare time. - Wolfcaster, on 02/20/2009, -5/+4no, the whole point is that poker doesn't = slot machines
- Snarfy, on 02/21/2009, -4/+2I don't think it's true in all cases. If you are playing against other players, then sure, it's a game of skill, but what about when it's only you vs the house? The odds are tilted towards the house. A skilled player would know not to play in that case but that also means you can't say it's entirely a game of skill.
- triplescoop, on 02/20/2009, -4/+2Real poker, yes. Online poker, SCAM
- ssquared22, on 02/19/2009, -8/+3Good for SC poker players. Does this mean cheerleading is a "skill" now too?
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