Mount Pleasant judge rules Texas Hold 'em is a skill but finds players guilty

A Mount Pleasant judge has ruled that Texas Hold 'em poker is a game of skill, a ruling that could affect how the state's law enforcement treats the game.

By: AP | WSPA-TV
Published: February 19, 2009

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A judge has ruled that Texas Hold 'em poker is a game of skill, a ruling that could affect how the state's law enforcement treats the game.

Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy on Thursday wrote that there is "overwhelming" evidence that the card game is one of skill, not chance.

State law outlaws gambling on games of chance with cards or dice.

Duffy's order doesn't help the case of five men he found guilty of operating a gambling house, who must now pay fines.

About 20 people were arrested in a raid almost three years ago. The others settled their cases by paying fines.