Should Poker be Considered an Olympic Sport?

by Ivan18

Poker
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 consider 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.

Sports outside Soccer

by Ivan18

You might be thinking "Who the heck is that guy and how come that soccer jersey does not have any sleeves?" so before your lack of sports makes a fool of yourself I'll tell you.

Rolando Palacios
Born in Honduras, Sambo Creek(go to www.gamontoy.blogspot.com for more information about Sambo), 22 years old and specializes in the 100 mts and 200 mts sprint. Unlike our national soccer team Palacios did qualify to the 2009 Berlin World Championships. Coming in 7th against Usain Bolt who came in 1st, Bolt is currently the fastest man to ever live, some believe that he is a robot from the future but that theory is yet to be proven.

Now, my point for writing this, 1) Give recognition to the guy for putting our beloved country Honduras up there with the other countries even though his fellow Hondurans have no idea that he exists. 2) Let everyone here know that there are other sports other than soccer.

Don't get me wrong, I love soccer, but I appreciate quality too. Something that the Honduras National team lacks, the only reason we might go to the World Cup after 28 years is because Mexico is playing their worst. I will get into this some other time, for now I'd like to thank Palacios for placing us 7th in 200 mts sprint at the World Championships.

Feel free to leave your comments or talk about other sports that dont get enough coverage.