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Hello!

Guys please tell me is it true that there will be Poker in next Olympics? I don't know whether its a rumor or confirm news, Please let us all know if you have some confirm news
 
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Petty sure this will never happen, you would see something like chess before poker and that will never happen either.
 
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How could poker ever be described as an Olympic sport?
 
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I sincerely hope that never happens
 
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Calendar malfunction IMO - April Fool's Day was months ago.
 
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Yes and Phil Hellmuth will be leading Team USA... lol.
 
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I don't even think that they consider poker a sport and if they did they would have to legalize it online. If there were a poker team I wonder if they would do it like golf and the ryder team and top players through the year would make the team lol.
 
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Prolly should avoid alcoholic beverages early in the morning.
 
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I got a silver medal in video poker last time....
 
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Poker was recognised as a Mind Sport fairly recently. I'm guessing that's where the story originated.

Also, weren't there some strange non sport medals in the first few modern olympics? I've got a vague idea that there was an Olympic medal for Architecture.

So you never know.

Edit:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Olympic_Games
 
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Hmmm is poker a sport game ???
 
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salim271 said:
Yes and Phil Hellmuth will be leading Team USA... lol.
Click to expand...

Lol @ this ^



"Poker has been invited to take part in SportAccord's first World Mind Games, to be held in China next year. Six member-countries of the International Federation of Poker (IFP) will send teams of six players each to the first World Mind Games, which will be staged by SportAccord, the general assembly of 150 international sports federations worldwide."

Quote from the June issue of Poker Pro magazine.
 
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