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12 January 2007
Accused Claims Skill In
Poker
Poker
gives every player an "equal opportunity" and it is skill
that decides the winner, a court has heard.
Derek Kelly, 46, denies
two counts of contravening the Gaming Act by organising
poker games at the Gutshot Club in Clerkenwell, central
London.
The act says a licence is
needed to host games of chance but not games of skill, like
chess and quiz machines.
Snaresbrook Crown Court
heard Mr Kelly said he could prove that poker is a game of
skill.
The prosecution said the
club owner continued to take a cut from the prize pot as
well as charging the players for participating.
In excerpts of his
interview with police he said: "Poker is a game of equal
opportunity. If I sat down to play with you (Det Insp Darren
Warner) nothing would detract from who is the best player
other than skill.
"If you do not believe
that, I could produce volumes to show you that the best
players in the world continue to win competitions," he
said.
During another interview
in March 2005, he said: "Poker is very much a non-profitable
side of what we do."
The court heard that when
police visited the club on two occasions between December
2004 and January 2005, they found a charge was being levied
on the winnings.
On 7 December for
£2,165 winnings, the club kept £270 as its
cut.
On 27 January players were
asked to pay £22 to enter the game and given £20
worth of chips, netting a profit of £2 per person, the
prosecution said.
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