gavitocard
Rising Star
Bronze Level
poker is a sport
Of course it is a sport. for which you need 1st Skill 2nd strategy 3rd luck. For example, a football match. You can have the best team, a good strategy, and a lot of skill in the players, but if you don't have any luck. you lose because the other team may be less skilled but have a better strategy and a little more luck. and you can also live poker as a sport if you do it right. good luck
Of course it is a sport. for which you need 1st Skill 2nd strategy 3rd luck. For example, a football match. You can have the best team, a good strategy, and a lot of skill in the players, but if you don't have any luck. you lose because the other team may be less skilled but have a better strategy and a little more luck. and you can also live poker as a sport if you do it right. good luck
roger perkins
Visionary
Bronze Level
Exactly it's an activity I've been playing poker for over 50 years and I'm still not an athlete.
David macdonald
Legend
Bronze Level
It's never a sport
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AlbieTross
Legend
Silver Level
I don't really consider poker to be a sport, just as I question chess being considered a sport as well. You will never, and I mean never, see poker as an Olympic sport, just as you will never see chess as an Olympic sport.
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TpaEnforcement
Visionary
Bronze Level
Never thought of poker as a sport, but that would be cool. Having players compete for country's. having a qualifying tournament to play to see who represents for your country's would be cool. Not going to happen but you never know.
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megiverz1
Rock Star
Silver Level
Sport definition is something like that: "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment."
I have a doubt about the physical exertion part of playing poker. Yeah you are sit at a table for a long time maybe but that's it. It's really a game.
I have a doubt about the physical exertion part of playing poker. Yeah you are sit at a table for a long time maybe but that's it. It's really a game.
Kenzie 96
Legend
Loyaler
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nameless1537
Rock Star
Silver Level
I beg to differ. Yes, luck plays a factor, but there is a lot of strategy involved. There is a strong psychological component, and complex math done on the fly (in our subconscious... in the same part of your brain that tells you whether you can make a left turn with a car barrelling down in the opposite direction) that works to always try to tilt the odds in your favour when you play.
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gustav197poker
Legend
Bronze Level
Not for me.
Poker is a game of chance, where the player's ability plays a key role in the entire development of the game.
On the other hand, sport is a physical activity, which requires important physical training and wear.
Therefore, for me, chess should not be considered a sport, since it is a mental skill game, like poker. But the athletic component does not have the same weight as in a sport.
Greetings.
Poker is a game of chance, where the player's ability plays a key role in the entire development of the game.
On the other hand, sport is a physical activity, which requires important physical training and wear.
Therefore, for me, chess should not be considered a sport, since it is a mental skill game, like poker. But the athletic component does not have the same weight as in a sport.
Greetings.
