ist poker ein sport? (vorsicht englisch)

[tennille]

I love playing poker, but I don't consider it a sport. My friend on the other hand, does. What is your view about this?


[edit by tohu]thema verschoben und titel angepasst. btw. wir sind ein rein deutschsprachiges forum. demnächst werden in englisch erstellte threads diskriminiert ! [/edit by tohu]

[Gorilla]

whats your definition of sport?

[mnl]

In my opinion sport has to do something with competition, training, ambition, and a little bit strategie. So i think it is a sport like other discussable kinds of sport as chess or virtual gaming (cs, wc3).
But other people demand a more bigger physically part. I think it is also given. U must be clear in your brain and concentrated to poker. If your are very nervously and your heart beats very much you can train it with conditionaly training, so that you sit calmly at the poker table. You must be fit in mentally and physically regards to play good Poker.
I am sorry for my bad english. :P

[selci]

I love playing poker, but I don't consider it a sport. My friend on the other hand, does. What is your view about this?

Of course, i think Jogurt has no bones.

[porpita]

It really depends on how you define a sport. Some people define a sport as something that involves some kind of physical ability, Football,Baseball,Basketball, tennis, golf,racing,soccer etc etc. Others also consider some competition that requires mostly just intelect or knowledge of the game as a sport. An example of this could be chess competition or a poker competition. I lean more to anything that competes one opponent against another opponent opr group of opponent as a sport. A professional pool player for example doesn't have to be a good athlete to win at pool...just has to know the game and how to win at the game. You can say the same thing about a lot of "sports". I think it is the competition that makes it a sport...so I would vote YES!

[shorty19]

Ich find schon das poker nen sport ist.

Schach ist ja auch ne sport art.
Ich muss bei poker genau so viel denken
Und manch mal komm ich dabei soger ins schwitzen

[selci]

OK. Dann oute ich mich jetzt:

Für mich ist Poker eine Denksportart, weil es viel Verstand und Denkvermögen braucht, um das viele Glück/Pech auszugleichen, das bei diesem Spiel vorkommt...

[Mr. G]

Is dies an englishes Forum?

[JayS]

Zumindest laut Wikipedia, ist es bereits eine (Denk-)Sportart.

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According to Wikipedia, it is already a sport.

[Gorilla]

Is dies an englishes Forum?

weltoffen, hoffe ich doch

[thomsch]

It's not a sport, it's all about gambling!

[mnl]

Can you be that kind to talk in english if we have a guest who didnt speak as good as we german?

[selci]

It's not a sport, it's all about gambling!

God is gambling with our lifes. Everyday...

[rax]

Poker is not a sport but a game. But yet I am a sport fanatic and a poker fanatic at the same time. It's the competition factor. But sport involves physical activity.

[selci]

Poker is not a sport but a game. But yet I am a sport fanatic and a poker fanatic at the same time. It's the competition factor. But sport involves physical activity.

Is Brainsport not a sport, only because u dont moove a leg? Try to learn some complex math-formulas and use them in a Test... I'm sure, after that u'll feel more "destroyed" than having played 1 hour of football...