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[QUOTE="white_lytning, post: 986598, member: 39455"]
(According to my definition of a sport)

Absolutely not.

A sport requires participation by athletes,  Poker players are not athletes. 
A sport requires physical talent.  Sitting in a circle for long periods of time does not qualify as physical talent.

Poker is gambling.

I hate when people try to call everything under the sun a sport.  Activities do not have to be sports to make them cool.  Golf is not a sport but its very cool.  Darts is not a sport.  Billiards is not a sport.  Poker is not a sport.  They are all fun activities that require skill, but do not require athleticism.  Thats why they are not sports.

This is the example I always use.  If the world was having an international athletic competition, and they did not tell anyone what games the people would be competing in, would you send a poker player or a football player to represent your country?  A golfer of a basketball player?  Sports are played by athletes. Poker players and golfers are in no way athletes.

It doesn't take anything away from poker to not be called a sport. Lets just leave at a card game.  There is nothing athletic about playing cards.
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