High school math teacher: Online poker is 'absolutely a game of skill'

[The Buzz]

High school math teacher David Shick confessed before the Washington Senate Commerce, Labor & Sports Committee last week that he played online poker from 2003 to 2006, which is when it became illegal in Washington state. He started played again for a period of time in 2009, he testified.

“I realized that the state law was just an absolute joke,” he told the Senate committee. “Nobody was being arrested. And so here I am admitting that I’m a Class C felon. If that means I’m going to be arrested, I guess I could be the first one.

“I’m here to tell you, first of all, this is absolutely a game of skill,” Shick testified, after giving the lawmakers a handout showing his winnings from 214,000 hands that he played in the summer of 2009. “It was absolutely secure, and it was safe.”

He explained, “I have a talent that I can do math very quickly in my head. I can keep my emotions in check, and I made money doing it.”

Here's a video of Shick's testimony: http://www.tvw.org/watch/?clientID=9...artStream=true

And here's a link to an article from GeekWire.com: http://www.geekwire.com/2017/online-...-legalization/

[Miles_Videoslots]

I like the guy and what he says makes perfect sense :give that man a bells: