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Message: [QUOTE="Xavier, post: 1039161, member: 45194"] According to Wikipedia Poker is a sport. [B]"Sport[/B] is an activity that is governed by a set of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_sport"][COLOR=#002bb8]rules[/COLOR][/URL] or [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradition"][COLOR=#002bb8]customs[/COLOR][/URL] and often engaged in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitively"][COLOR=#002bb8]competitively[/COLOR][/URL]. [I]Sports[/I] commonly refer to activities where the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_capabilities"][COLOR=#002bb8]physical capabilities[/COLOR][/URL] of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory"][COLOR=#002bb8]winning[/COLOR][/URL] or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_sports"][COLOR=#002bb8]mind sports[/COLOR][/URL] (a common name for some [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_game"][COLOR=#002bb8]card games[/COLOR][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_game"][COLOR=#002bb8]board games[/COLOR][/URL] with little to no [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck"][COLOR=#002bb8]element of chance[/COLOR][/URL]) and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_sports"][COLOR=#002bb8]motor sports[/COLOR][/URL] where [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention"][COLOR=#002bb8]mental acuity[/COLOR][/URL] or equipment quality are major factors. Sport is commonly defined as an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized"][COLOR=#002bb8]organized[/COLOR][/URL], competitive and skillful [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_activity"][COLOR=#002bb8]physical activity[/COLOR][/URL] requiring commitment and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportsmanship"][COLOR=#002bb8]fair play[/COLOR][/URL]." It says sport refers to card games and board games as well as physical sports. There are often several definitions of a word. I think its a misconception of what the word sport means that has arisen that people think a sport has to be physical. Its bascially just any game involving skill thats played on a widespread level. Its like the misconception of weighing people in kg. Kg is a unit of mass, and weight should be measured in N. [/QUOTE]

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