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[QUOTE="dj11, post: 2122393, member: 13851"]
This is one side of the story.  However, with a similar mindset, Football is not a sport either.  Nor Baseball nor Basketball, etc etc.  And the only real sport might be left to Solo mountain climbing.  You would pit yourself against nature every climb.

So, which definition of sport are you talking about?

[URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=define+sport&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a[/URL]

Here the term requires some sort of physical activity.  Well poker, if played somewhat correctly does require stamina, often more stamina that a timed game like a 9 inning baseball game or a four quarter basketball game.  Poker also requires a physical conditioning that helps prevent mental lapses.  Granted none of these will build us a 6-pack ab, but they are physical involvement.

If we broaden our understanding of sport just a wee bit to be the active participation in a game against or with others, then clearly poker has most of the aspects of sport that we all are intrigued by.

Since the brain is not considered muscle (by most), the demands placed on the physical body by most traditional definitions of sport are missing from poker.

I personally consider it sport, but not a sport.

But then I sport a goatee, does that count? :confused::cool::eek:
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