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Message: [QUOTE="BillyR23, post: 6805898, member: 103828"] Yes, I see many members calling that[I] 'sports have to involve physical activity'[/I] but this isn't the case nowadays and I'll mention a few: number 1 is of course chess... than we have: bowling, Cue sports(snooker, Billiards, Pool), golf, archery... in some of this mentions you'll have an edge if you have a physical advantage vs your opponents but it's the same for poker too and that's why many poker experts advise us to pay attention to both mental and physical health... about the 'luck' component- everything in life is surrounded by this component and like other members mentioned, this 'luck' is an important factor in all the other sports too but I have to agree that in poker- especially short term- you can be successful with just luck and no skill... Still, overall in poker you need different skills that you need to 'train' for long periods of time, has an element of competition and this (IMO) makes poker a sport... [/QUOTE]