<@Cringe> poker is a sport

[Moker]

oh quit your whining you little bitch

you're unband

 

[FedZ]

cringe is/was fat

this is no surprise

 

[DrJonez]

Curling is a sport, but it's not anymore physically straining than poker is. Video game players are called "cyber athletes". TSN is the Team Sportscast Network, and they primarily shoutcast video game matches.

If video games are a sport, so is poker.

 

[jerry]

cringe is/was fat

this is no surprise

hey fedz i hear your bleached hair is looking quite queer

can you confirm this for me

 

[dkvampster]

anything that has its own world series is a sport in my eyes.

 

[Special---K]

who the fuck said video games were a sport?

 

[redlighter]

who the fuck said video games were a sport?

Unfortunetly, CAL and CPL are trying their hardest.

 

[j00d]

if it requires hand-eye coordination, it's a sport

imo

 

[Theta]

if it requires hand-eye coordination, it's a sport

imo

So typing on a keyboard is a sport?

 

[jerry]

running is not a sport

 

[eggo]

cyberathlete +++

 

[Theta]

Masturbation requires hand eye coordination, so it must be a sport.

 

[JodoFett]

Hungry Hungry Hippos is a sport not for the feint of heart.

 

[j00d]

Masturbation requires hand eye coordination, so it must be a sport.

i must be doing it wrong then. usually my eyes are closed

 

[Keeper]

Poker is a game of CHANCE. It is not a sport.

Sports require skill where poker requires luck getting good cards. Sure there is some skill in bluffing etc but again its a game of chance.

 

[Fool]

Poker is a game of CHANCE. It is not a sport.

Sports require skill where poker requires luck getting good cards. Sure there is some skill in bluffing etc but again its a game of chance.

You're pretty wrong.

If 10 people sit at a poker table, and did absolutely no betting whatsoever and just looked at the cards as they are predetermined, you would win 1 out of every 10 hands on average.

There is plenty of skill involved to win more than 1 in 10 hands. And it's not just bluffing. As you don't know what your opponent holds you could make an argument that there's no such thing as bluffing (as you might be bluffing a bluffer). Gaining information, using betting strategy to ensure that your opponent is making mathematical mistakes, etc. are all a part of the game. Luck sometimes comes into play, but there's a reason why there are a few consistantly winning poker professionals and it's not because they're just super lucky.

 

[r1cko]

in america browsing TW is considered a sport

 

[triple]

action figures are a sport

 

[Fool]

Beating irishmen with sticks was a sport until 1874 when it was outlawed in favor of chinamen.

 

[shades]

You're pretty wrong.

If 10 people sit at a poker table, and did absolutely no betting whatsoever and just looked at the cards as they are predetermined, you would win 1 out of every 10 hands on average.

There is plenty of skill involved to win more than 1 in 10 hands. And it's not just bluffing. As you don't know what your opponent holds you could make an argument that there's no such thing as bluffing (as you might be bluffing a bluffer). Gaining information, using betting strategy to ensure that your opponent is making mathematical mistakes, etc. are all a part of the game. Luck sometimes comes into play, but there's a reason why there are a few consistantly winning poker professionals and it's not because they're just super lucky.

short term poker = chance > skill
long term poker = chance < skill