And nobody would question whether bowling or golf or pool are sports. Another thing poker has going for it, sports-wise, is that ESPN and the Fox Sports Network both cover it regularly,. A definition of sport is 'an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.' I guess to some extend poker has characteristics of a sport, however in my opinion is not a sport as it does not include the physical aspect. It is a 'game' like chess.
The results come from Reddit user 'e8odie,' who had self-selected members of three different subreddits (/r/SampleSize, /r/sports, and /r/CFBofftopic) answer yes/no to whether they considered 53. Poker can be 100% about luck. If both players just sit around and play every hand to the river, they can flip a coin for who will win. But when you introduce betting, folding, bluffing, ect. The cards become less relevant. The act of winning at poker is largely about winning more losing hands than your opponent, and winning bigger on winning hands.
Is Poker A Sport Reddit Games
Sure we give out trophies. Yes, we rank the players. We even have team events like the Caesar’s Cup. But no one, really, has ever been fooled into thinking that the beloved game of poker is sport.
But, just in case you did, a user on Reddit conducted his own, private, poll asking participants to classify 53 different so-called “fringe” activities as sport or no sport. According to Deadspin, the user received 460 replies and put them into this handy chart.
Is Poker A Sport Reddit Streams
There’s some very interesting percentages to be seen from water polo to chess but of all these activities, the one that received the lowest percentage: poker.
Poker – it may be dead last in sporting classification, but first in our hearts.
Read: Poll Results: What’s A Sport And What’s Not?