Poker IS a sport!

[wardkaew]

..or atleast it should be. DUCY?

[Skallagrim]

If chess is a "sport" then so is poker.

[DrewOnTilt]

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If chess is a "sport" then so is poker.

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If poker is a "sport" then I'm the Jolly Green Giant. I love this game and all that, but this is no sport.

I don't even consider golf to be a sport, just a difficult, challenging game that makes me want to pull out my hair since I suck at it. Hey, just like poker!

[DMoogle]

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Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome (winning or lWEANERS penis osing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors. Sports are used as entertainment for the player and the viewer.

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By wikipedia's definition, poker is indeed a sport. Why does this matter again?

[oldbookguy]

OK, but by tomorrow that could be edited by anyone and it will not be a sport.

Wik is NOT a valid source for information.

Websters:
noun 1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.
3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4. jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5. mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
6. an object of derision; laughingstock.
7. something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything.
8. something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc.
9. a sportsman.
10. Informal. a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner; an accommodating person: He was a sport and took his defeat well.
11. Informal. a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling; gambler.
12. Informal. a flashy person; one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like; a bon vivant.
13. Biology. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation.
14. Obsolete. amorous dalliance.
–adjective 15. of, pertaining to, or used in sports or a particular sport.
16. suitable for outdoor or informal wear: sport clothes.
–verb (used without object) 17. to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation.
18. to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal.
19. to engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport.
20. to trifle or treat lightly: to sport with another's emotions.
21. to mock, scoff, or tease: to sport at suburban life.
22. Botany. to mutate.
–verb (used with object) 23. to pass (time) in amusement or sport.
24. to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often fol. by away).
25. Informal. to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; show off: to sport a new mink coat.
26. Archaic. to amuse (esp. oneself).

Take your pick, there are 26 of them defining 'sport'.

obg

[Legislurker]

I object to 14. Sex as sport is NOT obsolete.

[oldbookguy]

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I object to 14. Sex as sport is NOT obsolete.

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most agreed!

obg

[MiltonFriedman]

"I object to 14. Sex as sport is NOT obsolete. '

Most States outlaw playing this particular sport for money .... It is even illegal in Las Vegas to play this for money.

[TomVeil]

My friends and I had a conversation once about what is and isn't a sport. What we came up with was these two rules that sports follow:

1) Some measure of physical skill.

2) Strategy in which you must adjust to what your opponent (or opponents) do.

If it doesn't follow these two laws, it's a game. (Although nothing is to say that games can't be competitive and intense)

Now there are strange things that fall on the other side (Track & Field?), but in general, we find those two laws pretty much sum it up.

Bowling - Not a sport.
Golf - Not a sport.
Poker - Not a sport.
NASCAR - Is sitting down a physical skill? Endurance? Dexterity? The jury is still out, but the more I think of it, the more it seems to be a sport to me.

Anyway, I just saw this thread and figured I'd comment :-P

[Homer]

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My friends and I had a conversation once about what is and isn't a sport. What we came up with was these two rules that sports follow:

1) Some measure of physical skill.

2) Strategy in which you must adjust to what your opponent (or opponents) do.

If it doesn't follow these two laws, it's a game. (Although nothing is to say that games can't be competitive and intense)

Now there are strange things that fall on the other side (Track & Field?), but in general, we find those two laws pretty much sum it up.

Bowling - Not a sport.
Golf - Not a sport.
Poker - Not a sport.
NASCAR - Is sitting down a physical skill? Endurance? Dexterity? The jury is still out, but the more I think of it, the more it seems to be a sport to me.

Anyway, I just saw this thread and figured I'd comment :-P

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Golf follows both of your rules. Watch Tiger Woods attempt to reach the green from 175 yards out of U.S. Open rough, then watch an average tour player try.