Saturday, October 6, 2007

Poker as an Intellectual Sport

It is very difficult to adjust poker to any classification since poker has strongly located on the numerous television channels declaring exclusively sports orientation. Nowadays, poker receives large distribution around its supporters so that each poker enthusiast knows the basics of the game. Can we treat poker as a real sporting event like football or baseball? Let us address the dictionary definition of the word sport:
1. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
2. An active pastime or recreation.
From this characterization, we understand that sports should meet some basic requirements. Any kind of sports consists of physical activity, skills, rules and a competitive element. Since the aspect of View the rest of this article


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