Poker at the London Olympics 2012

[Easy E]

Evidently you don't

[AngryCola]

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Olympics games have to be athletics

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[Daliman]

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I seriously think someone should arrange a partition to get NL Hold'em to be at the program for the Olympics 2012 in London.

/Frank

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No

[Easy E]

So is chess, and darts and Scrabble.

I'd go as far to say that shooting isn't a sport (combined with alpine-type events, it can be) and bowling probably can't be called one either.

First unofficial requirements of a sport- you have to sweat while doing it and it has to be legitimately considered exercise. Also, it has to take a lot of physical training.

Of course, I'm not sure if golf is a "sport" either, but then the definition starts getting hazy, so I will let that go.

[horne_dawg]

I new someone would bring up ball room danceing, but that is still got athletism in it. You have to be in good shape to dance.

[danzasmack]

the FULL TILT people were there to protest making poker an olympic sport as a clever way to advertise. i don't think they were in any way serious.

[USGrant]

Winners would gamble their medals away before the closing ceremonies.

[TheMainEvent]

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Winners would gamble their medals away before the closing ceremonies.

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Poker players at the olympics? I don't even want to imagine the kind of side bets that would come from their degenerate minds...

[AngryCola]

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I new someone would bring up ball room danceing, but that is still got athletism in it. You have to be in good shape to dance.

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Interesting...

But, much like poker, it still shouldn't be in the Olympics.

Also...

[Ilovephysics]

So, Nathan's hotdog eating contest would be in, then...