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The Poker Issue

Explaining the delicate balance within the relationship of skill and chance in the game of poker has really eluded a lot of players and even international governments over the past several years now that the issue with online casinos has surfaced. The skill versus chance debate is alive and well in nearly every market on the planet that has specific regulations in place regarding the online casino and internet poker industries because the internet poker sites are eager to classify the games as primarily skill based games which does not then fall under a country’s internet gambling regulations. The classification as a game of primary skill is hotly argued by professionals within the industry – they are pros for a reason and although skill can play a part in some of the poker process, pros emerge within the industry because they are able to out-skill their opponent.

In fact, beyond just considering land and online casino poker a game of skill, Joe Hachem, the most recognizable face of poker in Australia called his game a sport. Hachem makes some pretty accurate comparisons between sports that use a coin toss and the internet poker sites. In the game of soccer the coin toss can incredibly alter the entire game you then watch- so that is the element of chance that cannot be argued away. But on the flip side, most land and online casino poker pros argue that they are always going to win the long-term game against an opponent if they have the skill to back up their choices – luck and chance can only hold on for so long.

Hachem’s comments come at a time when the online casinos and internet poker are on the brink of bans and blocks in two key Western countries and only the assertions from within the poker industry have the hope of stopping the momentum at this point.