by Ivan18Poker
A card game that is played by hundreds of millions of people around the globe. It has always been popular but in the last few years with ESPN covering the World Series Poker Main Event, the amount of people playing now has skyrocketed.
So, is Poker a sport? The answer is no, a sport is defined as:
"Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively."
Drinking beer around with your buddies around a table is not a sport, although I cant deny its a lot more fun than other sports. Poker entities are trying to make Poker an Olympic sport. Now I do support it, if they consid
er Chess as an Olympic sport they should definitely consider Poker too. Not many differences between Poker and Chess, what do you do while playing Chess? You sit around and move small figures from one place to another (I do know how to play Chess but I dont want to get into any details) while thinking up a strategy on how to beat your opponent. Mean while in poker you do the the exact same thing, the only difference is that you have 8 other opponents in front of you, instead of one. The strategy is still involved, the energy, the passion.
The Olympic commitee states that it cant become a sport because it needs to have a legal federation in more than X number of countries. I bet that
even if it does get to that number they wont allow. Seeing as how taboo card games are, specially when bets are involved.Either way it is their lost, they can keep all their boring sports, we stay with Poker... ALL IN..
Do you support Poker becoming an Olympic sport? Vote and leave a comment.
3 comments:
This is interesting!
I personally think poker would make an awesome sport!
I'm a "semi-professional" poker player... meaning I have a regular job, but I supplement w/ poker -- lots of poker. I put in 25-30 hrs/wk., while still putting in 30 hours of "regular" work.
Poker and chess are similar, but still very different. The best chess players will ALWAYS win... short and long term, while horrendous poker players can win in the short term.
I'll never call poker a sport, as it's definitely not... but a game, yes! Games are in the Olympics, therefore poker should be too. There's enough international flavor to make it work, but as you said, it's still probably a bit "taboo."
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