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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 23:15:17 GMT -5
Well we have a sports board now to discuss if Poker is a sport and should all poker threads be posted here?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 23:24:54 GMT -5
I consider it a game but many others treat it as one, so I imagine poker discussion goes here.
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Post by Instant Classic on Sept 4, 2015 23:27:28 GMT -5
Almost as much as Nascar.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Sept 5, 2015 0:42:25 GMT -5
As much as Magic: The Gathering.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2015 2:29:56 GMT -5
Almost as much as Nascar. One of the most mentally and physically exhausting things is driving hours down on a highway. I can't imagine how exhausted racers must feel physically and mentally after competitive racing in a life or death situation for hours doing speeds of 300mph and above. |
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Sept 5, 2015 2:44:55 GMT -5
I've always considered it a game by the one simple line I draw between games and sports: If I can actively eat a meal during a play session, it's a game. Otherwise, it's a sport.
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Post by thetower52 on Sept 5, 2015 4:56:45 GMT -5
f*** no
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Post by Nickybojelais on Sept 7, 2015 23:12:57 GMT -5
Used to play poker tournaments a lot at my local casino. Considering most of my fellow players were chain smoking, alcohol swilling, overweight old men who were coughing and spluttering all night, I simply can't class poker as a sport.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Sept 8, 2015 0:20:49 GMT -5
Poker goes in OT.
NASCAR goes in Sports.
M:TG in OT.
And even though it wasn't mentioned, video game esports go in OT.
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Post by suave on Sept 8, 2015 0:23:16 GMT -5
A sport is a game that you have to change your shoes to play. Therefore, it's a game.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Sept 8, 2015 11:05:10 GMT -5
To me, something is a sport if there's a chance you can die while doing it.
Short of a hemophiliac poker player getting a papercut with a Jack of Hearts, I don't see it happening. Therefore, not a sport.
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Post by JTH on Sept 8, 2015 16:21:02 GMT -5
Anything that appears on ESPN is sport in my book. So poker, scrabble, miniature golf, spelling bees, talk shows...wait.  |
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 8, 2015 19:31:15 GMT -5
If poker is a sport, so is Monopoly.
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Post by Sam Punk on Sept 13, 2015 2:39:40 GMT -5
I say no because there's no fantasy poker. Real sports have fantasy leagues dedicated to them.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Sept 13, 2015 6:57:27 GMT -5
If poker is a sport, so is Monopoly. Don't be dissing Monopoly and the physical ability it takes. Monopoly games can end in MMA style fights with no rules, and that's just the tame games, I'm pretty sure it's gotten so serious it's led to wars. |
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Post by Red Impact on Sept 13, 2015 9:38:00 GMT -5
A sport yhas a risk of injury from playing. Poker does not, so i's not a sport
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Post by Zenengage on Sept 13, 2015 9:59:12 GMT -5
I say no because there's no fantasy poker. Real sports have fantasy leagues dedicated to them. Actually, there are fantasy poker leagues, believe it or not. Heck, they even have fantasy leagues for fishing: {Spoiler}  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2015 10:02:25 GMT -5
A sport yhas a risk of injury from playing. Poker does not, so i's not a sport Paper cuts, flipping the table, choking on snacks, getting into fistycuffs with someone you accuse of cheating. |
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Post by Manute Bol on Sept 19, 2015 9:56:56 GMT -5
Almost as much as Nascar. One of the most mentally and physically exhausting things is driving hours down on a highway. I can't imagine how exhausted racers must feel physically and mentally after competitive racing in a life or death situation for hours doing speeds of 300mph and above. Still not a sport. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2015 10:00:22 GMT -5
One of the most mentally and physically exhausting things is driving hours down on a highway. I can't imagine how exhausted racers must feel physically and mentally after competitive racing in a life or death situation for hours doing speeds of 300mph and above. Still not a sport. It's just as a much as a sport as a horseback racing, curling, golf, dressage, etc. |
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