Do You Consider Poker a Sport?

Yaholnitsky · Mar 6, 2020

Its not even debateable ...

Sport is defined as "an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess". ... Oxford Dictionary defines sport as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or a team competes against another or others for entertainment".

Yes there are characteristics that professional athletes and poker players exhibit alike. Yes there are aspects of sport that involve luck from time to time (like poker) however ever possible play (unlike poker) doesn't involves an aspect of luck. And on a professional level, in any given sport, an amateur could never compete with a pro, not even close. But in poker, an amateur could get lucky, run real good and win the WSOP against the top pro's in the world. How many beer league ball teams could ever compete with a MLB team? So to answer the question, poker is a game, not a sport, and belongs nowhere near the olympics or any other professional sport for that matter.

azanella0809 · Mar 6, 2020

Yes and not despite having to study the opponent a lot and high concentration it is still a game of chance ... for your chance you have the dealer as judge kkk..always ruin everything ... kkk

Darth_Moola · Mar 6, 2020

Sport? Yes. But not an athletic sport. sports are just games that people play en masse. and are also viewed by spectators.

luckyou · Mar 6, 2020

Of course there is championship every year plus there is premier league

RVTR7777 · Mar 6, 2020

Good evening.

I consider this a sport of the mind.
It would be great if the hours in poker defined the belly muscles, etc. etc. lol
It would be a dream.

layingba
kkkk

VictorOd · Mar 6, 2020

Hearthstone and other games based on rng are considered sports so poker is a sport. Officially tournament poker is a sport in my country.

Bellasdad2009 · Mar 6, 2020

Poker is a sport

Yeah you sit alot , bit its a sport fore sure

TulasMoreno · Mar 6, 2020

Of course its a mental sport, you need lots of consistency and in tournaments you need condition than helps you to the ability to play a lot of hours a day! Fot those reasons i agree its a sport.

Snake2007 · Mar 6, 2020

I consider poker a sport of minde

leobouble · Mar 6, 2020

poker is more than a sport, poker is a lifestyle

deeznutzz · Mar 6, 2020

Poker is a skills competition but not a sport. A sport by definition is an activity that involves both physical extortion and skill

frnandoh · Mar 7, 2020

I think there should be an event assembling all mindsports like poker, chess, go, mental calculation, memorization... Like an olimpic mindsports.

frnandoh · Mar 7, 2020

deeznutzz said:
Poker is a skills competition but not a sport. A sport by definition is an activity that involves both physical extortion and skill

I have read the opposite about it.

Jacyboy8910 · Mar 7, 2020

Igen, az agy sportja!

Davidale624 · Mar 7, 2020

Although officially it is not, I understand that it can be classified as a sport; this in an area similar to chess. You have to think hard and have a lot of ability to face each play.

Orathion · Mar 7, 2020

Sport. It has to be considered that it takes great skill to play competitively as well as be in decent physical shape for specifically live tournaments. Its not easy to play multi day competitions with hours in a chair albeit office workers do it daily. Ive never played so i don't personally know the physical toll on the body under the conditions of live tournament play.

Shrops · Mar 7, 2020

No

I love poker but, no I don't consider it a sport.

Juli · Mar 7, 2020

Maybe could be considered mind's sport.

80abukaH · Mar 7, 2020

Straight up no.

This does not make it less good of a game though.

YevhenUA · Mar 7, 2020

In my country we have a federation of sport poker, so I think that poker can be considered like a sport.

Lucretius · Mar 7, 2020

Definetly not a sport. Its a mind game

deeznutzz · Mar 8, 2020

Orathion said:
Sport. It has to be considered that it takes great skill to play competitively as well as be in decent physical shape for specifically live tournaments. Its not easy to play multi day competitions with hours in a chair albeit office workers do it daily. Ive never played so i don't personally know the physical toll on the body under the conditions of live tournament play.

Although good physical condition is beneficial. It's in now way a requirement as many players have shown over the years. A person only needs to have the physical ability to sit at a table for long periods of time other than that a person physical health offers no quantifiable edge over other players

Ptiza · Mar 8, 2020

I don't consider poker a sport. Since there is no body movement. We only build up fat and sit out muscle playing poker at the table.

ritz_avalanche · Mar 8, 2020

I think Poker is one of the purest forms of sport

Stu94 · Mar 8, 2020

No i think 😅

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