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Taggy · #1 08-07-2008

i was having this conversation last night with my brother and initially i sed, well yes it is a sport the are tournaments and competitons, there are also leagues and people play poker for a living. He was saying its a game, and for it to be a sport it must involve some sort of physical excerion. well anyway i have heard people on the site sp4eak of iit as a sport and wondered what everyone else thought??

ilovekerry · #2 08-07-2008

u will regret this thread lol alot o diff sides to this coz sum regard energy n athletism sport n pokers a game but i dnt care wot it is aslong as a cn play it

Justman · #3 08-07-2008

Poker with free chips, without a possible real money winning - definitely a sport. And nice one )

MichaelVitelli · #4 08-07-2008

for ANYTHING to be considered sport there must be competition involved by two serparate parties. so YES poker is considered to be SPORT. not A SPORT but SPORT. ALSO many things that are catagorized as SPORT are not sports at all. for instance HUNTING is catagorized as a SPORT but it does not meet the criteria to be CONSIDERED aSPORT because there is NO competition. I mean how can there be competition when you have a 30 odd 6 long range rifle with a scope and the poor animal has no weapon at all. AND all things that are considered sport have what is called SPORTSMANSHIP. and there is no sportsmanship in the ACT of killing an innocent animal. OK so are we all CLEAR now????????????

Tb1rd · #5 08-07-2008

i dont know if its a sport or not...dont really care..my question was is it honorable

anyway in regards of it being a sport....it is whatever you make it

ilovekerry · #6 08-07-2008

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Originally Posted by Tbird91

i dont know if its a sport or not...dont really care..my question was is it honorable

anyway in regards of it being a sport....it is whatever you make it

yea a can mind o tht lol a didnt think u was gna do it but it is honorable IMO.

TonySop · #7 08-07-2008

its a card game - not even worth a numpty debate.
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RobbieLePop · #8 08-07-2008

It's a game. In the same way Darts and Snooker are.

ilovekerry · #9 08-07-2008

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Originally Posted by MichaelVitelli

for ANYTHING to be considered sport there must be competition involved by two serparate parties. so YES poker is considered to be SPORT. not A SPORT but SPORT. ALSO many things that are catagorized as SPORT are not sports at all. for instance HUNTING is catagorized as a SPORT but it does not meet the criteria to be CONSIDERED aSPORT because there is NO competition. I mean how can there be competition when you have a 30 odd 6 long range rifle with a scope and the poor animal has no weapon at all. AND all things that are considered sport have what is called SPORTSMANSHIP. and there is no sportsmanship in the ACT of killing an innocent animal. OK so are we all CLEAR now????????????

thts a crackin point bout huntin m8 i agre 100% like i think its pointless would we like to b hunted n shot ???no so wot gives us the wright to kill harmless animals???

Taggy · #10 08-07-2008

OMG ive started a riot lol

ilovekerry · #11 08-07-2008

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Originally Posted by liltaggy2nd

OMG ive started a riot lol

i tried to warn ya lol its all fun

ExhaustPipe · #12 08-07-2008

Me and Danzi were discussing this on a TBird's thread the other day only about chess but still the same principles. Poker isn't a sport it is a game, for something to be considered a sport it needs to involve athleticism, for something to be athletic it needs to have some sort of physical movement, as poker doesn't involve athleticism it isn't a sport, it is a game but the difference is it can be played as a competitve game as it is on this site. I think thats why many consider it to be a sport also the fact that it is shown on sports channels and things such as that but that backs up M.V's comment about being sport, but I would jus call it a game always ahave done always will do.

Taggy · #13 08-07-2008

gotcha.....

ilovekerry · #14 08-07-2008

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Originally Posted by TheJeb

Me and Danzi were discussing this on a TBird's thread the other day only about chess but still the same principles. Poker isn't a sport it is a game, for something to be considered a sport it needs to involve athleticism, for something to be athletic it needs to have some sort of physical movement, as poker doesn't involve athleticism it isn't a sport, it is a game but the difference is it can be played as a competitve game as it is on this site. I think thats why many consider it to be a sport also the fact that it is shown on sports channels and things such as that but that backs up M.V's comment about being sport, but I would jus call it a game always ahave done always will do.

thts how a new it the thread would b regreted lol

MichaelVitelli · #15 08-07-2008

yes i agree jeb totally but since there is competition then it can be both i guess but i will say in actual reality and not in a social capacity poker is a game not a sport but if you catagorize anything that has competition then poker is a sport hahahahaah. it a catch 22 i guess hahahaha but me personally i would say poers a game. and if i can mention this as far as hunting is concerned i say its not a sport it is a necessity if you need to kill the animal because you need it for food. but we have super markets for that now and i say hunting is NOT a sport although everty hunter in the world will disagree because then they cannot justify why they kill the helpless animals

ExhaustPipe · #16 08-07-2008

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Originally Posted by shaunloveskerry

thts how a new it the thread would b regreted lol

whys that because i made a valid point rather have an opinion instead of sittin on the fence alllllllll offfffff theeeeeee timeeeeeee

DeciferThis · #17 08-07-2008

No poker is not a sport! Do you run? Do you literaly sweat?
The only way it would be is because sometimes it takes endurance.
I always laugh when this subject is brought up.