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**Icon™** · 06-20-2007, 11:35 AM

I just researched about it on the internet, and yes, it is classed as a sport.

**DennisM** · 06-20-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 3876

I just researched about it on the internet, and yes, it is classed as a sport.

LOL - Yeah, but what's the internet know? According to the internet, online gambling is a sport too. Does that mean typing or moving the mouse is sport?

indiginit · 06-27-2007, 05:21 PM

High level poker requires a substantial degree of autonomic control. Autonomic control is at the heart (pun) of most successful repetitive athletic endevour. continued excellence (strived for, or achieved) at high-level tournament poker should be regarded as at least a 'fringe' sport. intense concentration is taxing if repeated... (re: your/my last birdie-double... athelete?)

poker can cause great physical stress... is that a sport.. just to endure? i dunno.. it Is just sittin in a chair...

Topflite_d2 · 07-20-2007, 11:59 AM

I think it is a sport because the definition of a sport is this... sport

sport [spawrt]
n (plural sports)
1. competitive physical activity: an individual or group competitive activity involving physical exertion or skill, governed by rules, and sometimes engaged in professionally (often used in the plural)
2. pastime: an active pastime participated in for pleasure or exercise
3. somebody cheerful: somebody who remains cheerful when losing or in an unpleasant situation (informal)
4. somebody who plays fair: somebody noted for abiding by the rules in a game or for generally honorable behavior (informal)
5. good companion: somebody who is generally good-natured, easy-going, and good company (informal)
6. joking: good-natured joking (formal)
a harmless prank done in sport

7. derision: contemptuous mockery (formal)
8. object of ridicule: an object of ridicule or mockery (formal)
9. somebody or something manipulated by others: somebody or something manipulated by external forces (literary)
10. gambler: a gambler, especially somebody who gambles on sporting events (informal)
11. Australia, New Zealand U.S. form of address: a casual form of address, especially used between men or boys (informal)
12. biology mutated organism: a plant or animal that deviates markedly from its parent stock or type, usually as a result of mutation, especially mutation of somatic tissue
13. biology unusual character: a mutant character of a mutated organism
14. amorous behavior: amorous behavior such as kissing or caressing (archaic)

v (past sport·ed, past participle sport·ed, present participle sport·ing, 3rd person present singular sports)
1. vt wear: to wear or display something, usually proudly or with the intention of impressing others (informal)
2. vi play happily: to romp and play happily (formal)
3. vi enjoy yourself: to enjoy yourself, especially by taking part in outdoor physical activity (formal)
4. vi make jokes: to joke or trifle with somebody (formal)
5. vi biology mutate: to produce or undergo a mutation
6. vi ridicule: to ridicule somebody or something (archaic)

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TGOH · 08-21-2007, 02:52 AM

I don't know if I would call it a sport, but I don't think it's all luck by any means. I think that it requires a great deal of talent, and quite a bit of control over you body and mind. It's a competition more than anything, in my mind.

**DennisM** · 08-21-2007, 08:59 AM

Poker seems to be a sport to the media, but I wonder if it will fall out of favor in that regard over time. I wonder if it will take on more of an aura of a game show, like Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy.

This more recent thought in my mind has been borne by reading the stories about Michael Vick and dog fighting. As a side bar to that, the NFL is making its policy about player's ties to gambling very clear. To illustrate their point, they turned Vick down on his initial request to serve an NFL suspension concurrently with any prison time he may do by virtue of his guilty plea.

Baseball, golf and hockey also have very stringent rules about professional players gambling.

I wonder if poker, which is essentially a sport based around gambling, (those chips don't represent M&M's), will eventually be downgraded to the recreational game it started out being due to the inherent gambling aspects?

Platinum_Shafts · 08-24-2007, 03:14 AM

By definition; if one wants to stretchhhhhhh the meaning, then I guess it would technically be considered a sport (so to speak), but then by that qualification, Monopoly, and even "Candy Land" would be considered a sport (lol)..seriously.

I would consider it a "Professional Game" like Backgammon, or Chess; but not a "Sport" in all fairness to the term. Setting aside traditional sports(Basketball, Football, Soccer, Baseball, Hockey, Track and Field, Golf, etc), even Field Sports (Sportfishing, Hunting, Archery, etc); I think if it took or incorporated a physical skill, like Billards, Table Tennis(which is considered a mainstream sport in Asia), etc, then I would consider Poker or competitive card playing of any sort, a sport....but it's not. To be fair to Poker, I would give it the title - 'Mind Sport'.