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[QUOTE="unstoppable4, post: 2119311, member: 33131"]
Poker is a game involving luck and skill.  Sports are games involving luck and skill.  Example:  Football requires a lot of skills to be played at a high level just like poker does.  However, the luck comes into play in many situations such as tipped balls that get intercepted.  Usually the ball isn't intentionally tipped to a defender but sometimes get intercepted by the mere chance that the ball would be tipped in such a way.  Luck is what allows the worse team to win on occasion just as it allows a worse player to win in poker sometimes.

The lack of athletic necessity for poker is what primarily makes it lack the classification as a sport.  Do you need mental endurance to do it for 10 hours in a day for a tournament? Yes. But this is found in many endeavors; many occupations and activities require mental endurance but fail to meet the standards to be classified as a sport.

Plus you could play a whole tournament and win without standing up more than a few times. :)   Not many sports where you can do that.
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