Professor ups the ante as jurors assess lady luck’s hand in poker

A WORLD poker expert yesterday gave a jury an in-depth lesson on poker brinkmanship, in a bid to try and prove that it is a game of skill.

Professor Joseph Kelly said the complex game of bluffing and reverse bluffing depends on the ability of the player and not the luck of the draw.

The expert was giving evidence in defence of Derek Kelly, aged 46, of Greystones, Co Wicklow, who runs Britain’s biggest card club.