Hey, I didn't want to give away the answer too quickly on your "sport" there... So I avoided answering it at all.
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Beefy
Worst gambler ever
What's with the quotations on "sport". It is a sport, as much a Guinness drinking.
uscitizen
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Please explain this prowess of the body thing.
Gotta be able to bluff... If you can't control your body lying to strangers is difficult.
uscitizen
Villified User
Then why are there not more women poker players ?
Is Bush a heck of a poker player ?
Naah, he doesn't know when to fold and cut his losses.
but he is a good liar
Beefy
Worst gambler ever
Any game where you don't even have to lift your ass out of a chair is not a sport!
Is NasCar a sport?
And Not only do you have to have control when you bluff, you have to have control when you have a monnster hand, and you have to have the ability to remain focused and razor sharp for up to 24 hours at a time.
Anything you can purchase in the game department of WalMart rather than at a Sporting Goods store is not really a "sport"...
While it may be a diversion, a contest, a game, a skilled event, an one can even have tournaments, it is not a sport...
Beefy
Worst gambler ever
Incorrect.
Ahhh... So Monopoly is a sport then. They have tournaments that can last more than 24 hours where people can win a large pot, you must remain focused at all times during the tourney and you can buy it at WalMart in the toy section...
Beefy
Worst gambler ever
Nobody plays Monopoly for $12 Million. And It is a game, and a good one at that, but does not require the same physical abilities as sports, such as acute and intense physical control of the body.
Ahhh, but you are wrong. People play it in tournaments for rather large pots. However, the pot isn't what makes it a sport... If it were then gambling on horse racing (that is a sport but gambling on it isn't) would in itself be a sport. While the jockey and the horse are participating in a sport, gambling on it is not a sport...
It has much the same requirements as Poker does for a "sport" endurance, people play it for large pots at tournaments that last over 24 hours and the fact that you can buy everything you need to play the game with others at the toy section of walmart doesn't preclude it being a "sport"... So, I can see no reason, using your definition, that Monopoly shouldn't be considered a sport.
Any game where you don't even have to lift your ass out of a chair is not a sport!
C'mon man! Be reasonable! A car-seat is not a chair, and that car seat is flying around a track at 200mph, and the difference between life and death is measured in miliseconds and by presicion driving!
Beefy
Worst gambler ever
I disagree.
Beefy
Worst gambler ever
All right fine, Monopoly is a sport also. You've convinced me.
DigitalDave
Sexy Beast!
lol, though I love Poker, it isn't a sport. mbl, gotta love the effort man, but can't agree with you.. lol
BTW, I will be participating in a poker tournament this weekend. I've been to this tournament three times and have made the final table twice. First time was a money seat. I played looser the next few times and bet away my chips. The first time I was very loose in the beginning and conservative in the end. I survived long enough to get that seat after taking a bunch of chips from people in the beginning. It isn't just a simple game of luck, but it's not quite a sport.
BTW, I will be participating in a poker tournament this weekend. I've been to this tournament three times and have made the final table twice. First time was a money seat. I played looser the next few times and bet away my chips. The first time I was very loose in the beginning and conservative in the end. I survived long enough to get that seat after taking a bunch of chips from people in the beginning. It isn't just a simple game of luck, but it's not quite a sport.