What do you think about Poker becoming Olympic sport?

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Unfortunately, Poker still suffers from many prejudices in world society. I believe that with this "final" step our beloved sport will be recognized as it deserves.


And you, what do you have to say about it?
 
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I love poker, but I would not like to see him at the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games were in the beginning bearing a strong message of peace (today this sense has been lost) but still offer a lot of joy to all of us who love sports.

Poker is not a classic sport (the question is whether it's a sport at all)
 
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Poker is a card game it will never be in Olympics
 
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I think that this will never happen.
 
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What koolaid are you drinking?

Seriously, a sport? Nah, it will never happen. If it did, where would it stop -- chess, backgammon, solitaire, or how about tiddly-winks!
 
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Seriously, a sport? Nah, it will never happen. If it did, where would it stop -- chess, backgammon, solitaire, or how about tiddly-winks!
LOL, that will never happen!
 
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LOL, that will never happen!

C'mon! Tiddly-winks is an awesome sport. Dangerous too. Have you ever been popped in the eye with one of those little flying disks? It stings. First time I had it happen to me, I went crying to mommy. :vollkomme
 
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C'mon! Tiddly-winks is an awesome sport. Dangerous too. Have you ever been popped in the eye with one of those little flying disks? It stings. First time I had it happen to me, I went crying to mommy. :vollkomme
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Any thing is possible. Not sure how it would play out. As a HU type tournament or as a small fields type MTT. Hate to say never, there are some pretty lame Olympic events.
 
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Unfortunately, Poker still suffers from many prejudices in world society. I believe that with this "final" step our beloved sport will be recognized as it deserves.


And you, what do you have to say about it?






It would be very cool if poker was included in the list of Olympic sports! I believe that poker is genius and that it is banned in some countries stupid and unfair .. This game is worthy to take its place among the major sports on an equal footing with chess for example!
 
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The aforementioned "where does it end" post in re tiddlywinks, chess etc. is spot on. At least one skill competition, chess, has had sponsors for Olympics inclusion going back to the twenties. All have failed.

Shouldn't physical prowess be a significant determinative factor in deciding inclusion? If it is, then shouldn't doping to gain an unfair advantage be determinative?


From Wikipedia on chess as an Olympic sport: "Research carried out by the Dutch chess federation failed to find a single performance-enhancing substance for chess.[7] According to Dr Helmut Pfleger, who has been conducting experiments in the field for around twenty years, "Both mentally stimulating and mentally calming medication have too many negative side effects".[7] "


Seems basic.
 
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No way, what we need here is a new olympics, the o-brain-limp-iKs
 
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I love poker but there's no way it's an Olympic sport.
 
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I do not think he will become Olympic sports! Not because I would not want it. Think of Chess .... from the 10th century until now has not become Olympic sport !! Let’s be realistic!
 
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The motto of the Olympic Games is "faster, higher, stronger!" I just do not know where in this slogan to determine poker))), if poker becomes an Olympic sport, then only after the changes in the motto of the Olympic Games)))
 
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I think that poker will not become an Olympic sport, it is a gambling card game that is banned in some countries!
 
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Poker can not seem to recognize the sport, to say nothing of the Olympic games. I think it's never gonna be nothing.
 
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no way, it will become a boring sport in olympic
 
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Can be immediately all disqualify for use doping.:D
 
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I believe that poker as well as chess should become Olympic sport, because it is a sport of the mind where the smartest win
 
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I think poker never become Olympic sport
 
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hahahahahaha .. 90% of poker players would be disqualified
 
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