Olympic event

[ironman2007]

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

[Squareview]

go take a nap

[anuj]

Maybe a chip tossing event. Who can stack the largest number of chips without a topple? Chip lifting?

No, poker shouldn't be an Olympic sport.

[btmagnetw]

i haven't found a person of reaonsable intelligence yet who would define poker as a sport.

[The B]

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go take a nap

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and don't wake up until this thread is deleted

[gregorio]

flinging cards at targets or veggies perhaps. bring home the gold, jesus.

[SmartBugger]

How would you measure success? A big WSOP-like tournament?

So that would make Jamie Gold the world's best or something... and yet everyone think they play better then he does.

[yeah man]

The only people who consider poker a sport are those who have never played sports or those who never do anything physical in their life. It's an excuse for fat-asses and lazy people to make themselves feel better.

[grdred944]

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The only people who consider poker a sport are those who have never played sports or those who never do anything physical in their life. It's an excuse for fat-asses and lazy people to make themselves feel better.

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Sad but true. The people that typically claim it to be a sport are the ones that still wear sports jerseys even though they are about 50 pounds overweight and/or bald and/or over 30. It's the Al Bundy syndrome.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

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