Poker: sports or gambling?

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On June 26, 2007, the Ministry of Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy introduced poker to the All-Russian Register of Sports. What do you think?
 
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For me, sport is primarily associated with some kind of physical activity. So I think poker is not a sport.
 
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sport

poker is a sport like chess it is also
 
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On June 26, 2007, the Ministry of Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy introduced poker to the All-Russian Register of Sports. What do you think?


The way most of us play poker it is a sport.

I like to make the analogy to American football.

You could just kick and throw the ball as hard as you can and hope it makes it to touchdown.

Or you can make a plan of passing and running the ball into your opponent's endzone.
 
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I generally think that poker is an intellectual game)
 
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The way most of us play poker it is a sport.

I like to make the analogy to American football.

You could just kick and throw the ball as hard as you can and hope it makes it to touchdown.

Or you can make a plan of passing and running the ball into your opponent's endzone.


If poker is sport for people like you then you definitely are sunday athlete lol :bebored:
 
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Gambling for sure. I don't think that chess is a sport so why poker should be. It's a game not sport.
 
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Gambling for sure. I don't think that chess is a sport so why poker should be. It's a game not sport.

Well, soccer is a game too, so shall we say 'its not sport'? For me poker is sport, like bridge. Unless someone wants to make gambling of it, but we can make gambling of anything.
 
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Well, soccer is a game too, so shall we say 'its not sport'? For me poker is sport, like bridge. Unless someone wants to make gambling of it, but we can make gambling of anything.



rightly said. where the excitement means there is money, and where the money means there is excitement))
 
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My opinion was and always will be that poker is a game of chance!
 
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My opinion was and always will be that poker is a game of chance!



There is more "chance" in golf.

How hard is the wind blowing? Does this wind shift when your ball is in midflight?


How does the ball land? What does it land on? Is there a little pebble or piece of wood where the ball landed on in the green?

But in poker - when you are confronted with an "unlucky" turn card - you can fold!

Good luck !!
 
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I think, Poker started as a game, but now it has developed to the level of sport :)
 
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Poker is gambling , risks are in poker. Sometimes you can win or lose.
 
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It's not a sport. It is a form of gambling that some are much better at than others. Skill is a major factor, but still not a sport. If we all start showing up at the table with our gatorade bottles maybe I will change my mind.
 
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There are more math things than sports thing.You can weight 200 kilograms and play poker,what kind of sport is this?This is smart game ,where you can improve your financial situation if you play well,but definetly not sport.
 
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I think tournament poker is a sport, but cash, spin & go, All-in & Fold, hyper satellites and similar are gambling.
 
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It´s not pure sports. Sports is althletic. However, no one moves body to play poker on table. It´s gamble or investiment. Thus, I named a table battle.
 
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Poker can be an intellectual sport like chess or whatever. But on short run it depend of the luck very much.
Personally i think it should be separate category for these games(preference, poker, chess, go and similar). Classic sport should involve physical activities.
 
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It´s a gamble or an investment.
I feel it not a kind of sports.
 
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In many countries casino and sport betting is allowed, but poker is banned. Just wtf...
It should be otherwise
 
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I don't think poker as a sport, because I associate sports with physical activity. That's why I also don't think chess is a sport. Like the other user said, poker is a gambling with some sort of skills. :D
 
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I would not call poker sport in the traditional sense...it is a game of skill and chance...you need both to win. I have always thought of sport as a competitive way to stay healthy and a healthy way to be competitive.
 
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