How is poker a sport????????

Question

YOU DONT DO ANYTHING PHYSICAL IN POKER SO HOW IS IT A SPORT??? YOU DONT HAVE TO ENDURE MANY HOURS OF PAINFUL PRACTICE TO PLAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SO I SAY POKER ISNT A SPORT.

Answer 1

u have to have knowledge of the game and its competitive

Answer 2

I would have to agree that poker is not a sport.  Why it has 10 times more coverage on ESPN2 than anything else boggles me.  Just give it its own network and be done with it like they did golf, which I believe is a sport whether I like it or not.  And I have to say that billiards is a sport.  There is a definite physical component to cue sports.  Even though our minds will always exceed our bodies in pool, it's still a sport.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.

Answer 3

Same was as competitive eating.  Apparently that's a sport now too.

Answer 4

Actually, it's a game, but many consider it a sport like they consider chess a sport (chess is also a game).

Answer 5

DEFINITION OF SPORT: Something a fat guy holding a can of beer in and a slice of pizza is ready to spend all day sitting on a couch watching and screaming at the tv set.

I think Poker quallifies!

Answer 6

who siad that poker is a sport??

Answer 7

it is not a sport.  It is a game that you play.  Not all games you play are sports

Answer 8

Ultimately, sport is any competition that is entertaining but pointless.

Answer 9

Because they do sweat sitting among all those chairpeople from Gambler Anonimous enclosed in one room.

Answer 10

it's A MIND SPORT just like chess......

Answer 11

It takes years to get good at any sport. Poker is the same, it requires study, patience and practise to improve.

I agree that poker is a borderline 'sport'. It's hard to define sport sometimes. But look at the World Series of Poker. Players have to negotiate thousands of competitors over days of play, often twelve or fourteen hours a day. It's mentally challenging, both from the boredom of waiting and from the decisions you make, which could literally involve millions of dollars in the home stretch.

Don't tell me that's not a test of somebody's stamina and endurance, as well as their mental abilities?

Very tricky question to answer, I agree. The interesting thing is, poker tournaments award more prize money than any sport on the planet. If it were just down to money, it's a sport in my book.

Answer 12

Well, sorry to disappoint you, but chess is also considered a sport. I think a sport is anything that is competitive and organized. I'm not sure though. Depends which definition you trust.

Answer 13

Its not an actual sport per say....more of a game/competition.

Who said its a sport??

Its a game much in the same category as billiards and chess.

And why are you typing in all caps?

Answer 14

It isnt..... It is a game of chance and luck no skill involved. All you have to do is keep a straight face. WOW thats hard.....LOL

Answer 15

G'day Titia,

Thanks for your question.

It is definitely a game.

I don't think that it could be considered a sport. A sport consists of a physical activity carried out with a recreational purpose for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or, more often, some combination of these. A sport is typically charactized by physical activity, competition, self-motivation and a scoring system. Sports differ in their dependence upon a set of individual or team skills, as well as in the ways in which they have their participants compete.

Poker contains competition, self-motivation (not losing your shirt) and a scoring system but lacks physical activity. There are sports of skill which don't have much physical activity such as archery, shooting and darts but they do have some. Poker doesn't have much physical activity at all and should be considered a game.

Regards

Answer 16

LOUD NOISES

Answer 17

the same way chess is