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Good evening friends of poker !!!!!
what do you think to include poker in the Olympic Games ??
 
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Terrible idea. Now if someone ran a tourney series called Pokerlympics then I may jump on board. Olympics are an athletic competition and poker is NEVER a sport
 
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lol n,o i quess you been inspired by marathon tourney's of poker ...
 
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I'm still wondering why poker is on The Sports Network (TSN). Admittedly a lot of the players are younger and do play other 'sports', but sitting on your butt for hours on end, lifting and throwing (flicking?) chips isn't exactly my idea of an athletic pursuit.
 
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Poker in the Olympics wouldn't be so bad, but I think the poker olympic tournament should be played by non-professional players. Similar to what happens in soccer and boxing.
 
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LOL might be funny but never going to happen - the IOC is staunchly anti-gambling.
 
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Not a bad idea, it is a pity that this will not happen (((
 
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Terrible idea. Now if someone ran a tourney series called Pokerlympics then I may jump on board. Olympics are an athletic competition and poker is NEVER a sport

LOL might be funny but never going to happen - the IOC is staunchly anti-gambling.

Damn, and I built this physic for nothing, what am I going to do with my gut and man boobs now. :eek:

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Most players would not be able to play as they would be avoiding the alchohol drug tests.
The Russians would of course be missing.
 
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I'm still wondering why poker is on The Sports Network (TSN). Admittedly a lot of the players are younger and do play other 'sports', but sitting on your butt for hours on end, lifting and throwing (flicking?) chips isn't exactly my idea of an athletic pursuit.

following this line of thought... what about chess?
 
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I'm still wondering why poker is on The Sports Network (TSN). Admittedly a lot of the players are younger and do play other 'sports', but sitting on your butt for hours on end, lifting and throwing (flicking?) chips isn't exactly my idea of an athletic pursuit.

Cheap filler...and very similar audiences. They do not consider it a sport.
 
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following this line of thought... what about chess?

See above. Same with darts...pool...ect...

The audiences are very similar...people who love competition
 
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But all of this (chess, poker, dart) are games of skill. IN my opinion it's all sports disciplines. Poker on olymics? Good idea but with minimal prizes only for Olimpic title :)
 
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I guess if you cant take PEDs to improve your performance, it's not an Olympic sport?
 
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the russians will find a way to cheat at that too
 
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poker is a great sport so i say yes !! to the olympic games :DD
 
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Bad idea for poker to associate itself with an organization as corrupt as the IOC.
 
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although it can not be considered a mental game and a lot of random fee should think if included in other types of games together with other games like chess
 
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