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[QUOTE="SPANKYSN, post: 3280099, member: 25718"]
Poker requires skill, focus, endurance (especially in the large tournaments which take several days of 10 hour sessions to complete) and a competitive nature.  It is a highly specialized game of skill, with luck a major factor in the short term.  Is it sport, I cannot say.  It fits some of the common criteria with the mainstream sports, but not all.  One can argue that NASCAR or Formula 1 racing is not sport, because the car is the main "athlete", not the driver.  The driver needs skill, endurance, focus and nerve, but having all that, you can still lose with an inferior motor.  Same with Poker.  You can have all the skill in the world, and still lose to a newby.  Why? Luck.  The evidence is in the fact that some players recognized as the best poker players in the world often get knocked out early in tournaments.  For years, Phil Ivey was recognized as the best player in the world, but he has not yet won the WSOP Main Event...however, there have been several unknown players (unknown prior to their winning) who have won this most prestigious tournament.
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