Is poker a sport

[StrangeWaves]

Or leisure, or deathtrap. I don't consider it straight gambling, that's only due to the luck aspect. Like roulette is all gambling, I don't care what hokey-dokey scheme you got to lay bets on a 1/3rd of the table so at least you don't keep losing.

 

[Iryna Stryzheuskaya]

I think that poker is an intellectual card game. Not sport.

 

[thedarkman]

Mind Sport, I'll give it that. Check out the Mind Sports Olympiad which is held at the end of August.

 

[puzzlefish]

Sports require physical effort and skill. Poker is sport as much as chess is a sport. As already mentioned above, it may be considered a "mind sport".

 

[Fallenglory]

It's kind of like any board or card game that involves strategy. I wouldn't call it a sport.

 

[john_entony]

Poker is an art! Every tournament is a separate picture that you paint, filling it with colors, and sometimes just using a few shades. Much in poker depends on your creativity. And no, poker is definitely not a gambling game.

 

[roberto51]

Poker is generally censored. Bridge and chess have their own Olympiads. Poker, although also a mind sport, does not have such competitions. It is practically universally treated as a game of chance.

 

[Aleksandr1991]

Poker is a recognized sport in Ukraine. In 2018, the Ministry of Youth and Sports added sports poker to the register of recognized sports. This means that tournament poker, or, as it is also called, sports poker, is legalized in the country. Although online cash games are still banned

 

[TeUnit]

Its still a skilled base game, poker is not rigged, and its not smart to open limp.

 

[dannystanks]

A lot of players playing live don’t look very athletic so I wouldn’t consider poker a sport. It’s a hustle.

 

[successlaw]

I guess is something similar to a chess game but with much more opponents

 

[Peteski84]

I find it to be more of an intensive game. Mentally it can be exhausting. Less of the physical exhaustion that a real sport needs.

 

[Shooter74]

Off course!!! Poker is a mind´s sport...like chess....

 

[Igor G]

Or leisure, or deathtrap. I don't consider it straight gambling, that's only due to the luck aspect. Like roulette is all gambling, I don't care what hokey-dokey scheme you got to lay bets on a 1/3rd of the table so at least you don't keep losing.

I am more inclined to view poker as a sport, but in my opinion, poker is a sport that includes elements of gambling. At least, that is my personal attitude towards this game.

 

[R.Melnyk77]

In my opinion, poker is exclusively a game of chance, and this game has nothing to do with sport. Poker players are not athletes. Poker players are gamblers.

 

[dreamer13]

While some countries recognize poker as a sport, others consider it gambling. There is a difference between regular poker and sports poker, with the latter focusing on tournament competition rather than winning money.

 

[Newzooozooo]

In my opinion, poker is a sport. I don't think this because I want to consider myself an athlete, but because poker has literally all the elements that are characteristic of typical sports.

 

[dzsire]

Eternal question.
In my opinion, a sport is one where actual physical exertion is performed in any form (mostly) under competitive conditions. Moving chips and cards is not particularly strenuous, so I don't consider poker a sport. I have the same dilemma with chess.

 

[wushibala]

If people consider checkers, backgammon, and chess to be sports, then why can't poker be a sport?

 

[Mauricio Perrotta]

No !

 

[MAFNL16061986]

my opinion its not a sport but a hobby or a full time job but you cant call it a sport .......

 

[Ruslan L]

Poker is an intellectual sport, like chess. slots are just a game of chance, but poker is more about sport.

 

[MK_]

sport
/spôrt/

noun

1. 1.
   an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

.... anything you can play sitting on your behind for hours isn't a sport, the only physical exertion is the ability to stay awake...😎👍

 

[Dejana]

pfffff....I got a little stroke, again!

(No)

 

[uesleisuptitz]

Ou lazer, ou armadilha mortal. Não considero isso um jogo de azar direto, isso se deve apenas ao aspecto da sorte. Assim como a roleta é um jogo de azar, não me importa qual esquema você tenha para apostar em 1/3 da mesa para, pelo menos, não continuar perdendo.

Yeah, I get what you mean. Poker is different because it involves skill, but sometimes luck still gets in your way.