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john_entony
Legend
Platinum Level
I don't consider poker a sport. I consider poker a source of income. Poker is the golden mean between chess and slots. In poker not everything depends on your skills, but you don't depend on luck so much. That's why poker is first of all about money and opportunities, not about sports.
R.Holynskyi
Visionary
Platinum Level
I don't consider poker a sport. For me, it's a game of chance, where money plays the main and decisive role
But this issue is quite individual, and everyone has the right to determine for themselves whether they are a poker player, a gambler or a sportsman
A kiravio
Legend
Platinum Level
In the end I have doubts in the classification of poker in the category of mind sport or just a mental game and the most trivial classification game of chance.
I think it can be considered a highly mental game, but because of the endless repetition of strategies and the repeated use of some mathematical knowledge, understanding is enhanced, it could be considered a sport where you fortify a part of yourself......a conscious and active part and when the body takes a break...... So man is always changing and I like it for that.
Have another good day and a wonderful weekend!
I think it can be considered a highly mental game, but because of the endless repetition of strategies and the repeated use of some mathematical knowledge, understanding is enhanced, it could be considered a sport where you fortify a part of yourself......a conscious and active part and when the body takes a break...... So man is always changing and I like it for that.
Have another good day and a wonderful weekend!
makisaa
Legend
Loyaler
There are many objections about this subject. We say "Olympic games" which is wrong because they are not just games. The closest translation from Greek to English is sports. We should better say "Olympic sports".
So poker is not a sport, like the sports we see in the Olympics, who are exercising the body. It is a game, like chess, like monopoly! You sit and you play knowing the rules!
So poker is not a sport, like the sports we see in the Olympics, who are exercising the body. It is a game, like chess, like monopoly! You sit and you play knowing the rules!
thedarkman
Legend
Platinum Level
A ludicrous question. When I was still playing, decades ago, there was a campaign in the UK to have chess recognised as a sport. It was simply a wheeze to grab extra funding and there was no way I would support it. I would hardly class darts or snooker as sports either because although they require physical activity, so does cooking.
Lena M
Legend
Loyaler
Hi
I don't consider poker a sport. For me, poker is first and foremost a game of chance and I'm surprised by the idea or statement that poker is a sport. It seems that some players reassure themselves that they are actively engaged in sports, when in fact they are just gambling
..... We have to call a spade a spade.
10gerka
Legend
Platinum Level
First we have to consider that in every sport there will always be the luck factor, in football there is also luck, but we know that the players are the ones who have the duty to reduce that luck factor with work and discipline, as for poker, it comes do a sport with a luck factor.
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Ekuul
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Isn't the definition of a sport that is it something done purely for the competitive element. Logging, hunting, can all be professions. They can also be competitions. Hunting does not require a lot of physical capability, more the skill in stalking and shooting.
I suppose professional sporting muddies that definition a little, but football, for example, has no real life profession other than the game itself.
I suppose professional sporting muddies that definition a little, but football, for example, has no real life profession other than the game itself.
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Ekuul
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Interesting that the dictionaries generally state a physical element, but then go on to give examples like angling or hunting, or even wearing clothes.
Do you hunt for sport or food?
Giving someone a sporting chance.
She was sporting high heels and flair trousers.
The International Olympic committee recognises chess as a sport, but not all countries do.
Unsporting behaviour
Do you hunt for sport or food?
Giving someone a sporting chance.
She was sporting high heels and flair trousers.
The International Olympic committee recognises chess as a sport, but not all countries do.
Unsporting behaviour
ChubbySin
Visionary
Platinum Level
If Chess ♟️ is a sport, Poker is!
Argonaut
Visionary
Platinum Level
sport /spôrt/
I can see a large MTT, such as wsop, qualifying for definition 1. Multiple long days and a gruelling war of attrition, required to keep focus. I can see any MTT, or even Cash Game, qualifying for definition 3.
noun
- An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
- Such activities considered as a group.
"Sports is a good way for children to get exercise." - A usually challenging activity undertaken for amusement.
I can see a large MTT, such as wsop, qualifying for definition 1. Multiple long days and a gruelling war of attrition, required to keep focus. I can see any MTT, or even Cash Game, qualifying for definition 3.
