 Poker a Sport?
What do you think? Not only was this mentioned on the WSOP tonight, but it's been a topic as of late on the internet - Bob Costas recently mentioned poker on his HBO show, saying that poker was not a sport, and generally unexciting.
Some people say that because skill is involved, poker is a sport. Others say that if no one sweats, it's not a sport. However, it is certainly covered like one - on ESPN, in sports sections of newspapers all over the country...when I want to find poker on TV, I go to the sports channels on my cable box!
Personally, I tend to agree with the premise that if you're not exerting yourself physically, it's not a sport. Now, a competition on the other hand...
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Whether he likes it or not, a man’s character is stripped at the poker table; if the other players read him better than he does, he has only himself to blame. Unless he is both able and prepared to see himself as others do, flaws and all, he will be a loser in cards, as in life. ~Anthony Holden
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