Ha. I can understand how you feel. I had similar experience with quite a few coaches. More than 3/4 of them are hopeless, fraud scammer thief .... and they wiped out my accounts numerous times. Fortunately I have decontaminated my mind of their false teachings.
Interesting what the courts considered as fair and unfair dealing. It seems even the slightest of edges does not entitle you to any wining. At least, this is I saw it.
That would surely be absolutely right, by definition, for something that's designated under the UK's Gaming Acts as a "game of chance only". If it were classified as a game of mixed chance and skill (like Blackjack, for example) the situation might be different, I think. Honestly, I was surprised that he took it as far as the Supreme Court, after the Court of Appeal, and expected that the verdict there would be quick and unanimous: it did seem to me that he had no possible leg to stand on, given the point of law involved.
What he was doing was not an edge though, it was cheating. It's not part of the game to analyse the patterns on the back of the cards.
considering the scam Phil Ivey pulled on the casino, you have to wonder what other 'edge' he might have employed in poker I know little about him, as I don't follow poker, but generally speaking, truly skilled players don't suddenly look for scammy edges.
I was being sarcastic. It is a money machine, why not, I can guarantee you 95% win rate by mechanically selling naked DOTM calls and selling naked DOTM puts, on margins.
The same reason someone wants to solve a jigsaw puzzle, figures a new way to fold origami, finds gravity wave.... The joy is in solving the puzzle of a winning method, money is the icing on the cake. If your focus is on the money you may not solve the puzzle.