Re: Looking for an appropriate challenge to those who say poker\'s all
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The money we win above the buy-in will go to the Ohio Democratic Party. If it's "determined largely by chance," they have as good a chance as us, right?
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Actually, they do.
The good players just know when their chance of winning is greater (and bet at those times), or when they're being laid sufficient odds relative to the amount wagered and the likelihood of winning. This is no different to sports betting.
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A game of chance includes poker, black jack or any other game in which a player gives up anything of value in the hope of gain, the outcome of which is determined largely by chance.
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This definition is perfectly accurate. On each hand you wager money on an outcome is unknown and determined largely by chance. The fact that good players bet on chances which are > 50% (or less than 50% getting X:1 odds), doesn't change that fact.
There is no challenge to come up with because you're missing the point of the above definition.
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