Olympic event

[[Phill]]

There are too many crappy events in the Olympics as it is.

I still dont get why horse pagentry or gynmkhana or whatever its called is an Olympic event. Or at least i dont get why the horse doesnt get the medal instead of the rider.

Lets make WRC an Olympic event!

The day I, as a heavily overweight lazy fat arse, can call myself a sportsman because i play a card game is the day i realise the entire world has gone nuts.

Fwiw, if it were to get chosen, the purest event with the least luck would have to be used (whilst still having a mass appeal) - a heads up deepstack PL holdem tourney where rounds are played best of 3 (at least) would be best imo.

[Wongboy]

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Fwiw, if it were to get chosen, the purest event with the least luck would have to be used (whilst still having a mass appeal) - a heads up deepstack PL holdem tourney where rounds are played best of 3 (at least) would be best imo.

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Why a tourney, and why only one game? I think we would want to find the best all-around player.

My vote is to have players playing 6 tables of HORSE (2 full ring, 1 6 handed, 1 heads-up, 1 SNG, 1 MTT); 3 tables of 2-7 TD (cash, SNG, MTT), and 3 tables of 5 card draw (cash, SNG, MTT). All 12 tables would be played simultaneously on 3 monitors, with the horse games offset so that all 12 tables would be on different games at the same time. This is the best test of true poker ability, IMHO.

[zasterguava]

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Fwiw, if it were to get chosen, the purest event with the least luck would have to be used (whilst still having a mass appeal) - a heads up deepstack PL holdem tourney where rounds are played best of 3 (at least) would be best imo.

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wwinner still wouldnt reflect best player to anywhere near the same degree as other sports
Why a tourney, and why only one game? I think we would want to find the best all-around player.

My vote is to have players playing 6 tables of HORSE (2 full ring, 1 6 handed, 1 heads-up, 1 SNG, 1 MTT); 3 tables of 2-7 TD (cash, SNG, MTT), and 3 tables of 5 card draw (cash, SNG, MTT). All 12 tables would be played simultaneously on 3 monitors, with the horse games offset so that all 12 tables would be on different games at the same time. This is the best test of true poker ability, IMHO.

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[Kurn, son of Mogh]

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lol are you serious

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Am I not serious about poker not being a sport, or am I not serious about things that aren't sports not belonging in the Olympics?

Actually, my question is irrelevant since I'm serious about both parts of the statement.

[UncleCollins]

LOL @ anyone who considers poker a sport.
Gimme a f'n break.

[Cornell Fiji]

Olympic Race Walking?

[D.H.]

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Poker is not a sport. Thus, it has no place in the Olympics.

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They used to compete in art at the Olympic Games.

"With the founding of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, and the celebration of the first modern Olympic Games, French Baron Pierre de Coubertin saw the fulfillment of his ideals — men being educated in both mind and body"

From Wikipedia

[Bdidd]

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Can the sport of poker and I mean sport ever be considered as an Olympic event? What are your views and why?

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Whackin it has a better chance of becoming an olympic sport than poker.

[Bdidd]

Next time you are in your local casino playing, take a look around your table/the room and tell me these folks are athletes.

[zasterguava]

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Next time you are in your local casino playing, take a look around your table/the room and tell me these folks are athletes.

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darts?