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[QUOTE="CupOfSalt, post: 2788759, member: 153173"]
I would like to elaborate on vwls' post.

Yes, many people consider poker a sport but I personally do not. I also don't consider chess a sport.

Poker is a game, a competitive game to be exact. Not all games are sports and not all sports are games.

The dictionary defines "sport" as the following:
Sport - an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

By the literal definition, poker is clearly not a sport. You simply do not physically exert yourself.

But, just to entertain the discussion - let's say "sport" did not require physical exertion.

Again, poker is a game - not a sport. If you consider poker a sport then you would also have to classify Magic The Gathering, Pokemon, Yugioh, video game tournaments, competitive checkers, etc as sports as well.....

We run into a problem trying to determine whether poker is a sport or not because it is a game of skill and it is also mentally taxing.

For me, when it comes down to it.... poker is a competitive game of skill that exhausts mental effort. It is, unarguably a highly competitive game. But it is just that - game. Not a sport, in my opinion.
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