Poker as a mind sport

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There was another thread about weather Poker is a sport or not and I made a detailed post about why is not and how “mind sport” is a made up ...

Jennifer Shahade Profile - PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade is a true renaissance woman: a chess champion, author, commentator and semi-professional poker player. A two-time American Women’s Chess Champion and the editor of the website Chess Life, her first book - Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport - intertwines her own story with that of great women chess champions past and present. Poker Accepted as a Mind Sport, Schwartz Flying High in Monte ... Poker’s participation alongside bridge, chess and other mind sports in the annual IMSA events will demonstrate to the world that poker is indeed a mind-sport of strategic skill.” Next year IFP will be launching poker’s first annual world championships, both team and individual, as well as participation in regular IMSA events. Nederlandse Pokerbond - Nederlandse Pokerbond

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Is Poker Considered a Sport? - 888poker Magazine More crucially than its official 'mind-sport' label, is the fact that poker just works in the same as any other sport. IF poker isn't a sport, it would be a game, and I just can't think of any game that has the same levels of industry, interest and ethos, like poker. Online Latest Poker News From PokerIndianGroup.com

Jun 3, 2012 ... Lower East Side School Buys In to Poker as a 'Mind Sport'. Maurice Engler, center right, wearing tie, plays with members of the Henry Street ...

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The card game of poker has been officially accepted by the International Mind Sports Association at the organization’s congress held in Dubai, UAE. It is now considered a mind ...

ESPN.com: Page 2 : Does poker qualify as a sport? In other words, in Kornheiser's opinion, poker is not a sport. ... And the reality is that big-time poker provides just about the most intense pressure the fertile mind of man can create -- not to ... International Federation of Match Poker - Wikipedia