Is poker a sport?

ok i've been having an argument with certain stupid people on PMK forums so lets just get one thing straight here.

Is poker a sport?

im not even gonna tell you what i think until a few people post.

edit: whoa i have 1 more post than chuddy now 0_o

[Lkr]

Poker is a sport because its on ESPN! j/k

Not everything on ESPN is a sport.

Teammates and Stump the Schwab certainly aren't. POKER IS A DAMN CARD GAME!

[Trentendo™]

Game=sport
I say videogames are sports

i say you are dumber than my 5 year old sister >_>

ok completely disregard thaman's post.

[Sepharite]

Sports involve "physical" activity while poker doesn't, as it is simply a "phychological" game. But personally, I don't really care what anyone calls it >.>

[Trentendo™]

Well i getta hell of a work out playing cod2

[Mario Famous]

Heh the poker on ESPEN don't compare to me and my boys..We be playing some hell of a dice games...:)*takes money*

[fischju]

sport (spôrt, sprt) n.

1 a Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

b A particular form of this activity.

2 An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

3 An active pastime; recreation.

So yes, poker could be considered a sport under the third definition

[bignds]

I dont consider it a sport, more of a party game. Although some way too technical people class anything of a competitive nature as a sport, which utter crap because me competing with someone to get the last table AT THE BEST DAMN ITALIAN RESTRUANT THIS SIDE OF LONDON ON NEW YEARS SODDING EVE is not a sport (just a story of my night).

[Trentendo™]

how did you go from "sport" to an italian resturant?