Poker is an easier game to learn but hard to master. Like any other gambling game, it requires a lot of strategy and luck. The betting strategies you employ may affect your ability to win or lose a poker game. For instance, a simple mistake like losing the plot

A landmark ruling on whether poker is a game of skill or merely chance will determine whether it will be played in private members clubs or only in licensed casinos.

In all the years I have been playing poker, I have lost money against the best of them. I have lost against poker legends such as Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott and I have lost against idiots. On Tuesdays I lose against my friends around a table in Belsize Park, north

Some people look for a “tell” — a facial tic that gives away the fact that their opponent is bluffing. Others wait for a killer hand, then go all in.