The Sport of Poker…
May 2, 2008
It has long been debated whether or not poker is a sport, and most players today would agree with you that it most definitely is a sport. If you consider other sports, people do play them for recreation and exercise, but this does not make them any less of a sport. The same should be said of poker. While many players just play for fun, there are hundreds of professional players coming out of the woodwork every day.
There are tournaments just like other sports, it takes years of training and practice just like a sport, and it requires skill and mental agility just like many sports. Although it is not physical in nature, poker requires a tremendous amount of mental focus and stamina. If you consider also, that many of the tournaments and championships last for days at a time, you will soon start to respect this card game as a sport in its own right.
Since the early 15th century in Germany and later on in Persia, various games with similar rules and formats as poker began to emerge and eventually poker became famous all over the US and Britain. With many players becoming exceptionally talented at the once humble card game, the World Series of Poker was introduced in 1970, and it was from this point onwards that poker became a serious sport in certain circles. There are also many versions of poker that are played like the community car poker which include the most popular variant, Texas Hold’em, stud poker, and draw poker.
To this day many people still don’t think of poker as a sport at all, but with the introduction of the internet, thousands of people from all over the world can play online, learn more and eventually become one of the top players in the world. In fact most of the professional championship players started playing poker online. Additionally with the media paying more attention and broadcasting many more tournaments and events, and various celebrities taking part in charity fundraiser poker tournaments, this little card game, is sure to become one of the biggest, most competitive, famous sports of all time.
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