is poker an honourble 'sport'

[Tb1rd]

had this convo on the high rollers

mixed opinions... whats your answer

plus my mum thinks its stupid lol

[ilovekerry]

lol i was kiddin wen a said to put up this poll

[Tb1rd]

haha no i got interested xD

and i want see if im hellbound

[ilovekerry]

lol nice one

[davec2056]

No its not ive been robbed of chips many a time.

[Pocket_Ducks]

poker is honourable

because the duck said so

nyah!

[Danzi]

Originally Posted by TheJeb

I think poker is honourable if it's play in the rght way, but IMO I wouldn't consider it a sport the same with chess, checkers etc. I would call them games. Either way it's honourable and it's great!

lol chess is not a sport did you ever play it do you know what chess is? Do you know differance from game and sport. Don t insult something that you don t like. Football is game too you know but also sport too if i don t like rugby does that mean it is not a sport it is game lol I don t think so.

[THEBUDDHA66]

dont listen to the duck he is quackers
yes poker is hounerable

[tottey]

can u call something honourable,were the best players r the ones that r the best at stealing,robbing,misleading,lying.YES OF COURSE IT IS. LOL.

[ForestKing]

Played at high stakes poker I would say yes.

[RobbieLePop]

Poker isn't a sport.

Thread question nullified.

[Tb1rd]

chess is a fine game jeb..not for me though...i hope this isn't turning out to be a 'heated discussion' lol

[Danzi]

Originally Posted by TheJeb

Hold on, I enjoy Chess and I was Chess Champion in my junior school, I still play it on a regyular basis on a website a little like this, how did I ever insult it all I said is that I wouldn't put it in a category such as sport I would put it in a category such as games, obviously I no what chess is, it's a game in which one player has 16 pieces of white and another 16 pieces of black, each 16 pieces contain 8 Pawns, 2 Castles, 2 Knights, 2 Bishops, a King etc. the thing is I would usually apologise if a post of mine came across n the wrong way but I'm not goin to this time because it never and you only assumed that I was insultin chess because I never called it a sport

Maybe I should take you on, then you can see I no what chess is, I know how to play it, and that I'm a decent player.

Maybe you should. Really i don t understand on every thread your comments are not positive only on football topics. That is what i can t stand anymore. Chess is game but also sport same as soccer or curling or any other sport in which you have train hard too achive something and in chess too be one of top player you need too spend hours and hours on computer.
Please explain me what is game and what is sport for you cause i don t understand you. Well i may say i never understand you.
Like you said in one thread only good liverpool supporter is from liverpool lol
Or stop playing bingo - you posted many threads - if you are good
build your stack and start playing bigger tables(minis) than you won t need too play bingo.
Manny things i could say here but i won t maybe you did not mean too offend chess this time, but almost your every first replay too some thread is offensive!!!
Something like 909fontana before.

[ExhaustPipe]

Originally Posted by Danzi

Maybe you should. Really i don t understand on every thread your comments are not positive only on football topics. That is what i can t stand anymore. Chess is game but also sport same as soccer or curling or any other sport in which you have train hard too achive something and in chess too be one of top player you need too spend hours and hours on computer.
Please explain me what is game and what is sport for you cause i don t understand you. Well i may say i never understand you.
Like you said in one thread only good liverpool supporter is from liverpool lol
Or stop playing bingo - you posted many threads - if you are good
build your stack and start playing bigger tables(minis) than you won t need too play bingo.
Manny things i could say here but i won t maybe you did not mean too offend chess this time, but almost your every first replay too some thread is offensive!!!
Something like 909fontana before.

I'm a realist and i'm opinianated, yes i'm pessimistic also thats not my fault, and to be honest the reason why my posts are positive on football threads is because its what I enjoy most and its basically the only thing I have to be positive about, if I disagree with someone i'm gonna let them no i'm not gonna sit at my computer screen an grit my teeth if i disagree it's unhealthy if you don't like that that's not my problem an i'm not gonna change my ways because you don't like the wy that I'm a realist an I tell people what I think it's the way I feel most comfortable.
This chess business, chess isn't a sport, it's a game BUT IT CAN BE PLAYED AS A COMPETITVE GAME.
In the dictionary this is the definition of SPORT:an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
In the dictionary this is the definition of ATHLETIC:involving the use of physical skills or capabilities, as strength, agility, or stamina.
To play chess you don't need to use physical capabilities or skills so it is thereforenot athletic. For something to be a sport it needs to be athletic, so therefore chess is not a sport?
Those who say that chess is a sport say that chess at the highest tournament levels requires physical endurance, since chess matches can last several hours, during which you have to be in top physical conditiontThe more physically conditioned you are the better you will be able to maintain the intense concentration necessary to win such a long game.
Calling the ability to sit and concentrate for extended periods a "physical skill" is reaching if this were a valid argument then almost any activity would be athletic for example since waiters have to have stamina, waiting tables would be an athletic activity. So I still maintain my belief that it is not a sport.
I didn't actually say that only good Liverpool fans are from Liverpool, I say I don't like gloryhunters and many of the gloryhunters are not from Liverpool they just want to see a winning side and I don't believe that is a good reason to support a football club, but again I can see why you might feel I come across in a different manner than I actually meant to.
The thing about bingo is that it happends right accross the board I have played on all the tables on this site and all of them contain players who are willing to put their stack into the pot pre-flop, I'm just saying what I've seen and I've seen ti many a time and many tables.
I haven't said I am a good poker player when I talk about the bingo players I am saying that is not the way to play poker you should involve skill in the game (one not being lying about your cards saying you have 2 3 so they call )
I am hardly ever offensive, yes I can be but most the time I just say what I feel, I hardly ever personally attack people unless they do it to me, a little like what your doing to me along with a few other "top players" why? cos I have a differing opinion?
Can you explain what you meant also when you talk about Fontana also please
Thanks, hope for a reply.....

[Danzi]

Originally Posted by TheJeb

I'm a realist and i'm opinianated, yes i'm pessimistic also thats not my fault, and to be honest the reason why my posts are positive on football threads is because its what I enjoy most and its basically the only thing I have to be positive about, if I disagree with someone i'm gonna let them no i'm not gonna sit at my computer screen an grit my teeth if i disagree it's unhealthy if you don't like that that's not my problem an i'm not gonna change my ways because you don't like the wy that I'm a realist an I tell people what I think it's the way I feel most comfortable.
This chess business, chess isn't a sport, it's a game BUT IT CAN BE PLAYED AS A COMPETITVE GAME.
In the dictionary this is the definition of SPORT:an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
In the dictionary this is the definition of ATHLETIC:involving the use of physical skills or capabilities, as strength, agility, or stamina.
To play chess you don't need to use physical capabilities or skills so it is thereforenot athletic. For something to be a sport it needs to be athletic, so therefore chess is not a sport?
Those who say that chess is a sport say that chess at the highest tournament levels requires physical endurance, since chess matches can last several hours, during which you have to be in top physical conditiontThe more physically conditioned you are the better you will be able to maintain the intense concentration necessary to win such a long game.
Calling the ability to sit and concentrate for extended periods a "physical skill" is reaching if this were a valid argument then almost any activity would be athletic for example since waiters have to have stamina, waiting tables would be an athletic activity. So I still maintain my belief that it is not a sport.
I didn't actually say that only good Liverpool fans are from Liverpool, I say I don't like gloryhunters and many of the gloryhunters are not from Liverpool they just want to see a winning side and I don't believe that is a good reason to support a football club, but again I can see why you might feel I come across in a different manner than I actually meant to.
The thing about bingo is that it happends right accross the board I have played on all the tables on this site and all of them contain players who are willing to put their stack into the pot pre-flop, I'm just saying what I've seen and I've seen ti many a time and many tables.
I haven't said I am a good poker player when I talk about the bingo players I am saying that is not the way to play poker you should involve skill in the game (one not being lying about your cards saying you have 2 3 so they call )
I am hardly ever offensive, yes I can be but most the time I just say what I feel, I hardly ever personally attack people unless they do it to me, a little like what your doing to me along with a few other "top players" why? cos I have a differing opinion?
Can you explain what you meant also when you talk about Fontana also please
Thanks, hope for a reply.....

Fontana
He was posing replays too threads only about lakers so when lets say topic is what football club do you support he says laker all the way football what is that etc... He was being rude too new players on tables even too me when i joined cause i had Daniel Negranu as my avatar he did not like him so he made jokes about him and me.
You are not like that you are polite on tables!!!
But with some of your comments on threads i don t agree. You are always negative on your posts if it is not about liverpool so this is link betwean you and fontana if you don t like it you must put something negative. And loving only one thing what is ok but posting bad things about everything else well simply i don t like it!!!

[Tb1rd]

both had your say now.....its sorted ...right?

[Danzi]

Yeah it is sorted and i apologize too.

[grayhawk25]

I think poker is an honourable sport

[corkonianlynda]

Anyone tell me how too plug in a hover............

[knicker]

I JUST WANT TO ADD....THE OLYIMPIC GAMES IS A SPORT...BUT CALLED GAMES??? MAKES YOU WONDER.....GAME SPORT.....SPORT GAME.. WHAT TBIRD ASKED WAS .....is poker honourble.....SPORT OR GAME.