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Joined: Jan '11
Location: United States
Age: 60 (M)
Posts: 3361
Definitely a sport, it's a mental / strategic sport. Can become physical if you don't control yourself if you know what I mean. Throwing things, and stomping when your losing and dancing / prancing when your winning. lol No, but the first comment is true. Good Luck at the tables and have enjoyed your daily questions.
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United States
Age: 42 (M)
Posts: 7
Anyone who has played in a ring game for 36-48 hours straight will tell you exactly how physical poker can become. Endurance endurance endurance. yes it sure is a sport
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Lithuania
Age: 33 (F)
Posts: 1180
Poker is sport when you are playing in tournaments and trying to bust others(or taking part in leaderboards) and poker is not a sport when you are playing at the casino for money :} BTW internet poker is not a sport for 100%
Joined: Feb '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 1886
My first instinct was no. Things like chess, computer games and card games are not sports. I wasn't even sure about snooker and darts, which appear on TV as sports. But wikipedia says they all are:
A sport is an organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means. It is governed by a set of rules or customs. Activities such as card games and board games, are classified as "mind sports" and some are recognized as Olympic sports, requiring primarily mental skills and mental physical involvement.
Obviously wikipedia is not definitive but it's a good definition. Still some dictionary definitions I've read specify two distinctions. Sports - a word for physical games and sports - a general word for all games. So I guess it's open to interpretation.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 1886
Posted by hoodi420: Nice, I like how you ,went all offincial posting the definition! lol
I know I went a bit geeky and did some research before replying. I have to admit I'm always looking things up and wikipedia is my first go to. Don't know what I'd do without it lol.
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
If all games are sports, then Poker is a sport. If not, i guess it isnt. I dont consider it like one, and my government either. If so, those playrs who are sponsored should have the same benefits as federate players from other sports. And here is a problem. Where is World Poker Federation? Is there any, or something that acts like one? I dont know it. There should be a Federation so that pro players, and those who want to play poker for living, could register at, and have an identity behind which fights for their rights. It would be nice to have a Portuguese Poker Federation. I think i would go there to try and fill in the minimum requirements to be a federate poker player!
Joined: Dec '09
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 42 (M)
Posts: 2087
Posted by awood88: My first instinct was no. Things like chess, computer games and card games are not sports. I wasn't even sure about snooker and darts, which appear on TV as sports. But wikipedia says they all are:
A sport is an organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means. It is governed by a set of rules or customs. Activities such as card games and board games, are classified as "mind sports" and some are recognized as Olympic sports, requiring primarily mental skills and mental physical involvement.
Obviously wikipedia is not definitive but it's a good definition. Still some dictionary definitions I've read specify two distinctions. Sports - a word for physical games and sports - a general word for all games. So I guess it's open to interpretation.
lol awood your always str8 down the line with a well educated answer
Joined: Nov '10
Location: Serbia
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 2087
Poker is sport! If chess is sport, If bowing is sport, If billiard is sport...then POKER IS SPORT!! What is football then a game? Strategy big part of football like it is in poker, and luck is big part of football like it is big part of poker. There are some sports that you play with legs, some you play with hands and some that you play with brain...
------------ And why we can watch poker on sport channels on TV?
yes it sure is a sport
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