Since When is Poker a Sport???

[tliss]

I was flipping through channels the other day and I figure why not watch SportsCenter on ESPN. Switch the channel to ESPN and what do I see....POKER!! Since when is poker a sport? Did I miss a memo? These people are true world-class atheletes in my opinion...:rolleyes:

http://img.worldpokertour.com/players/720.pnghttp://img.worldpokertour.com/players/2352.pnghttp://img.worldpokertour.com/players/4080.png

Maybe we'll start seeing the old, chain-smoking, fat ladies in wheelechairs pulling on the one-armed bandits next on ESPN...

Tom

[David N]

It's a mind sport like chess...lol:D

[tliss]

It's a mind sport like chess...lol:D

And just as exciting to watch! Those guys are real role models for today's youth...:cool:

Tom

[Shiner1]

I gotta get me some of those gold chains and medals...:rll:

[tiffo60]

its pretty boring to watch but there are a few times, when it gets exciting, like when someone bluffs another out of 500,000 and takes them out of the game with a nothing hand, and when it gets down to the final 2 people and its all in, and they both have awsome hands, and it all comes down to the flop, 4th street, then the final blow of the river card

[Nuhklz]

And just as exciting to watch! Those guys are real role models for today's youth...:cool:

Tom
A role model like Michael Irvin is?? :evil

[tiffo60]

Like Michael Irvin is?? :evil\


yeah but it was his friends that just got out of rehab!:Bullshit

[Beaudee]

One of my favorites! http://www.hbo.com/apps/browserlogin/startgame.jsp

[tliss]

A role model like Michael Irvin is?? :evil

If Michael Irvin said that the pipe belonged to one of the hookers he had the other night this thing would blow over quick :evil .

Tom

[tiffo60]

:rll:
If Michael Irvin said that the pipe belonged to one of the hookers he had the other night this thing would blow over quick :evil .

Tom

:rll: :rll:

[dboat]

he said hooker and blow in the same sentence... :rll:

[my2002lightning]

I would have to agree, Tom. Maybe ESPN is maybe trying to broaden it's audience to include more of the "thinking-man's" pursuits.:rolleyes:

I believe ESPN hosts hunting, fishing and archery shows - even bowling and lumber-jacking, too. Hell, they even have stories of NJ bear over- population on their web-site and introducing a longer bear-season in NJ .:confused:

One of the most bad-ass events I've seen on ESPN were the Hughes Defender helicopter air-races near Reno, I believe.:bows

Yep, I'm definitely going to get myself one of those Don Imus cowboy-hats!:rll:

http://www.gawker.com/news/imus.jpg


Ronald

[SpeedyBolt]

Poker is a trip. I never used to play but I am addicted to it now. I love watching it on t.v. just to see the different styles of play. We play every other weekend at my house and I hate to miss out.

The man in the cowboy hat it Doyle Brunson, one of the most respected in the game, and he is also from Texas. The guy to the right is Phil Hellmuth J.r., the bad boy of poker as they call him. It's always fun to watch him go off on one of his fits, throwing chairs and cussing the guy that just put him out of the tournament.

The whole poker craze started in 2003 when an unknown accountant, Chris "moneymaker", won the World Series Of Poker main event. It made it look like anybody could get out there and beat the pro's at thier own game. I think it has gotton a little crazy with all the things poker though, I mean go to ebay and search poker and see what you get...

[David N]

It's the last american gold rush.....where else ANYONE can win 7.5 mil?? that was the top prize in the main event for the first place...the last 9 at the final table made at least 1 mil..

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/default.asp


http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/home_feature4_header.gif RankNameWinnings1 Joseph Hachem$7,500,0002 Steve Dannenmann$4,250,0003 Tex Barch$2,500,0004 Aaron Kanter$2,000,0005 Andrew Black $1,750,0006 Scott Lazar $1,500,0007 Daniel Bergsdorf $1,300,0008 Brad Kondracki $1,150,0009 Mike Matusow $1,000,000

[gagspa]

One of my favorites! http://www.hbo.com/apps/browserlogin/startgame.jsp
Thanks for the link, now I'll never get any work done!

[Beaudee]

Thanks for the link, now I'll never get any work done! I love that sight,its on our favorites @ work!!:beer:

[dboat]

It's the last american gold rush.....where else ANYONE can win 7.5 mil?? that was the top prize in the main event for the first place...the last 9 at the final table made at least 1 mil..

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/default.asp


http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/home_feature4_header.gif RankNameWinnings1 Joseph Hachem$7,500,0002 Steve Dannenmann$4,250,0003 Tex Barch$2,500,0004 Aaron Kanter$2,000,0005 Andrew Black $1,750,0006 Scott Lazar $1,500,0007 Daniel Bergsdorf $1,300,0008 Brad Kondracki $1,150,0009 Mike Matusow $1,000,000

what was the price to enter?

[David N]

The Main Event is always 10k.. they had 5816 people this year.. but they have games as little as $300 to get in... at each stop they have 15 to 20 games over 3 weeks