Period.

Who's with me?

Who calls it a sport?

Well its on ESPN 24/7 and a lot of people playing it thinks it is. Other channels think its a sport too.

I have to disagree. I play nl hold em all the time. Mabe 2-3 times a week with my friends.

Poker requires skill. No luck is involved. You have to be able to read your opponent(s). I completely disagree with you. I say it is just as much of a sport as football is to most people. Try telling Doyle Brunson poker is not a sport. He's made a living off it. I take it you either just got a very, very bad beat or you just cant play.

poker is a game not a sport. People make livings off a lot of different things and they're not sports. Many things require great skill and they're not a sport. I play texas hold em probably once a week, not that much but i've done it long enough to know that there is luck involed.

simple example: you have a pair of 10's.... you can't read whether that person has a pair of 9's or a pair of jacks. in cases like that there is a lot of luck, you can't deny it just because it's something you really like and actually do have skill in.

thomes08

Well any pocket pair b4 the flop, chances are unless you are a professional at reading people, you wont know. But after the flop, just watch the player. You get good reads. (just like you read a play in football)

i tottally agree ... people misuse the word "sport" alot nowadays to me REAL SPORTS are all the major sports like... NFL - NBA - NHL - MLB - SOCCER - GOLF (im sure theres a few i left out but these are pretty much it)... basically anything where theres alot of actuall body movement... i think u get my point.

That doesn't make any sense. Football is a game too but its a sport. If you don't classify it as a "game", what would you call it? A sport perhaps?

The following was taking from dictionary.com. Look at definition number 3. I declare number 9 the best sport of all.

celinedrules u actually think poker is a sport?

i still stand by what i said before... it dont matter what people define a sport as to me "REAL SPORTS" are things where u got alot of body movement/action etc.

poker takes skill to play but it is definately not a sport if u ask me... as it's all thinking there is NO action in it whatsoever.

Poker has rules and is competative.

huh??

how is this available???? on digital cable?? or is it a PC VOD service??

well I've heard that chess is a sport in the past. And if chess is considered a sport than hell, poker is right up there with it.

that doesn't mean I agree with it, but hey.. I didn't define "sport", you can thank webster for that

I think it is a sport.

Sports don't have to be athletic. Have you heard of "non-athletic" sports?

Other than the special olympics no.

This is a thread COMPLETELY based on opinion. I guess it would be hard to determin whether it was a sport or not. Its just what you think it is.

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if you think golf is a sport, why not pool? if pool, why not darts? if darts, why not chess? if chess, why not poker?

see where im going with this...

If poker is a sport then why is it not in the Olympics?

Sports are defined as physical activit (more than sitting on your ass at hours on end, with only the movements of your hands to fold your cards)

I can see it now, "Doyle Brunsen wins the Gold Medal in No Limit Hold 'Em "

good shit

there are many sports that arent in the olympics... would you define auto racing as a sport? what about american football for that matter.... neither are in the olympics...

well i say poker is a sport, they show it on espn

I certainly do, Golf is not a sport




So that means a spelling bee is a sport too?

I would love to see the the U.S. born NFL players against the rest of the worlds best, that would be entertaining

OK people listen loud and clear. Poker is definitly a sprot. I have been playing for over a year and iit tkaes more skill than many other sports out there. YOu need to be wide awake analyzing every move an opneent makes. One mad move can cost you a lot of money. Poker now has one of the largest audiences in America and is one of the BEST sports on telivision. If it werent for poker i would not be able to be doing half the things i do today

yer pathetic...all of you...poker can not possibly be a sport. Do you have to move in poker? didnt think so

Pogs is a sport! one time I got 15 pogs in one hit with my super slammer!.......

i was on the varsity Uno team in college.

it isn't a matter of whether the game is a sport or not. It is a game. To some, it is a sport. "sport" cannot be defined properly here. Simply because it is all how it is percieved. A lame example: to a hair stylist, clipping is a sport.

And as someone mentioned previously, luck IS involved. It is hard to deny it. But poker also has other variables involved. Such as, skill (how well you hide your expressions and tells, making good moves, reading other players), WHO is playing, the number of people playing, your chipstack at any give time...there is countrless variables which can determine who wins the game. The same can be said of many sports.
All I'm saying is, Poker is a sport to some people.

In poker, there is luck involved, yet very little in the popular game of no limit-holdem.
In no limit hold-em, it really doesnt matter what the cards are. It all depends on position and how you play your hand. If i have a 7-2 offsuit, and I make you believe I have AA......then would I not have AA?

The same 8 proffesionals make it too the final table at the WSOP every year, are these the luckiest people in the world? No, they have mad poker skills.


sport ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spôrt, sprt)
n.

Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
A particular form of this activity.

A phyical activity..check, call, bet, the act of thinking is physical....these are all physical activities.
Poker is governed by a set of rules...and is played competitively.

So by definition, poker is a sport.
Bitch at websters not me.

So when will they have a Chess and Checkers sports hero jersey I can purchase?

poker is a sport only a moron with no skills in poker would say such a thing.

alf's back bart! in pog form!

I don't know if Poker should or shouldn't be called a sport. But there are alot of other competitions that I would remove from the sport category if you remove poker. Even if a competition is physical, some competitions just don't seem like they should be called sports.

Figure Skating
Louge & Bob Sledding
Swimming
Running
You get the picture.

These are all competitions, but they aren't really sports.

Sports should be physical.
Sports should be complex, and have lots of rules.

Running the 100 meter dash isn't a sport, but racing the datona 500 is a sport. Running 100 meters is simple, it is a simple speed competition. Racing the datona 500 is complex, it requires a team, a great driver, a great car, luck, physical endurance, mental toughness, alot of skill, and to follow alot of rules.

So my defination of sport is:
A direct and real time human competition of atleast a reasonably physical nature that is guided by a complex set of rules, and has a clear nonjudgmental goal.

With this definition, nothing would be a sport unless 2 or more oponents were competing at the same time. Also, no judge scored events would be termed "sports". So alot of the olimpic "sports" would really be olimpic events or competitions.


So, according to my dictionary, poker could be a sport under definition 3, but I like my definition better. Too bad language isn't black and white, too damn many grey areas.

Like I said ..Bitch at websters not me...thats what the dictionary says.

Me, I dont think its a sport at all. I think its a card game plain and simple.

"only a moron with no skills in poker would say such a thing"

Are you saying I have no poker skills?

When have you sat a poker table with me?

Only a dumb shit would say that.

track and field isnt a sport but driving a car in a circle is?

closest motor vehicle 'sport' id even consider would be indy racing, not nascar where its 500 laps around an oval...

Poker a sport? Whatever...

Is UNO a sport? What about Go Fish? Solitaire?

Maybe if it was on ESPN.

The WSOGF!

Welcome to the first annual World Series of Go Fish.


At a Casino not too far from me the Casino De Lac lemay in Quebec, they have the game (not sport) of WAR.

Thats right, I put $5 on the table, dealer fliped me a 7, he pulled a 10...I lost my
$5.

Casino War

What intrigues me most is the most popular threads in the Pro Sports forum are about Poker and Paintball.

Poker being in sports forums is a tad strange. Poker being popular in forums does not suprise me.

There is so much to discuss about poker.
Hand analysis being the big one. Bad beat stories and poker theory is quite popular as well. Thanks to televised events, poker has exploded onto pretty much every scene. Over the past 2 years I have played with 60 year olds, as well as 13 year olds.

I like that you didn't take the time to read what I posted. I gave a reason why I think Nascar is a sport, and why track and field isn't, so unless you want to dispute my reasoning(my definition), you are just going to come off as a dumbass who can't read or argue a point effectivly.

ohh believe me i can argue a point... but your logic of "has to be complex and have alot of rules" isnt worth arguing...

*yeah, im the dumbass...

If you don't like my definition, that is fine, but my definition is just as valid as any. There are no official definitions, and even those definitions listed in a dictionary are contridictory.

Under my definition it is much clearer what a sport is, and under that definition Nascar would be a sport, and track and field would not.

If you want to argue with me argue with the definition, say why you disagree with the definition.

Also, just because something isn't a sport that doesn't make it any less valuable or entertaining.

My revised definition: (just added the strategy part)
A direct and real time human competition of atleast a reasonably physical nature that is guided by a complex set of rules, involves strategy, and has a clear nonjudgmental goal.

Just because it's your definition? That deosn't really make sense. If that was the case then we could make taking a piss a sport.



Here are the rules:

Pants must be down
Toilet bowl lid must be up
Piss must be contained inside the bowl or else your disqualified
The first one to fisnish pissing and flush the toilet wins

I dont think pissing would be conisdered a reasonable physical activity. Plus, I don't think many would consider it a competition. Also, where is the strategy?

Well you could make it competetive. You no when you go to the fair or amusement park they have those thing games where you shoot water at it and the thing rises. You could do the samething only w/ pissing. The more pressure that is applied the fatser it rises. By your definition that is competetive and physical (the power of your stream).

I'm not trying to my smart or disguisting I am just giving you an example.

Well, just add some complex rules, and you just invented yourself a sport.

By the way, your "sport" also fits the dictionary.com definitions.

Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

or

An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

or

An active pastime; recreation


So, your arguement may be valid, but inorder to make a definition that would be as specifc as you want we would be working on a book.

My definition is alot more specific, but will all definitions, you will need to apply a little common sence.

...i miss football season

Definitely not a sport. ESPN shows anything that gets ratings. The funniest part of Dodgeball is them cracking on ESPN with ESPN 8 "The Ocho" showing dodgeball tournaments and treating them like the super bowl.

Anyone catch the Busch series race on a road course in Mexico? Half the cars wrecked out of the race... the reason? They had to make right turns...

I like the change in the F1 races too. All races have to be done on one set of tires, racers are only given one spare tire. Should make the longer races more fun, no more pitting every 20 laps for new tires and a tank of gas.

If pokers not a sport than online competitive gaming isnt all you esports people

suckas


texas hold em rules

all the weak ass people who cant play football or basketball like to call it a sport because its the only thing they can do. Thats why half of the people on here call it a sport because they cant play a real sport.