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Breaking News! Poker to become Olympic Sport

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  1. 04-01-2013 05:55 AM #1
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    Default Breaking News! Poker to become Olympic Sport

    http://www.flopturnriver.com/blogs/p...ic-sport-17067
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  2. 04-01-2013 05:57 AM #2
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  3. 04-01-2013 07:37 AM #3
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    This is fucking stupid. Removing wrestling from the Olympics was also fucking stupid. I would, however, support an Olympiad for poker much like the one for chess.
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  4. 04-01-2013 07:45 AM #4
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    SHould be good for us brits , we do well in the sitting down sports
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  5. 04-01-2013 08:42 AM #5
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    IC what you did there. How long before the first scandal of a Russian dealer favoring eastern block countries in the shuffle
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  6. 04-01-2013 09:41 AM #6
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    NOBODY ON THIS SIDE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE HAS AN EXCUSE!!!
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  7. 04-01-2013 09:47 AM #7
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    You're funnier than that Benny, and on the funniest day of the year is expect better, want to try again?
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  8. 04-01-2013 09:50 AM #8
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    You talking about when and how I should be funny is like agnes trying to teach you about protein.

    April Fools is for the masses. It's like how Valentine's means nothing to those truly in love.
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    Related: In all seriousness, the IOC did rule that poker is primarily a game of skill a few years ago.
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  10. 04-01-2013 12:15 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow View Post
    This is fucking stupid. Removing wrestling from the Olympics was also fucking stupid. I would, however, support an Olympiad for poker much like the one for chess.
    But wrestling is fake :/
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  11. 04-01-2013 01:14 PM #11
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    This is so so so so so very silly. I mean, don't get me wrong; I'm excited to watch, and it'll probably do wonders for the legitimacy of the game, so like whatever.

    But this is a pretty clear show that the Olympics pretty much regards any competition whatsoever as athletics, whether it be track-and-field or yahtzee or the Pulitzer Prize.
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    posted on 1 April 2013

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    Quote Originally Posted by BennyLaRue View Post
    It's like how Valentine's means nothing to those truly in love.
    why was I not previously made aware of this out
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwiMark View Post
    why was I not previously made aware of this out
    The out from the April Fools day madness or Valentine's?

    Wisdom comes with age and/or making shit up and seeing what sticks.
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    I'll start my own Olympics with poker and cigars!
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  17. 04-04-2013 05:19 PM #17
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    If Curling is Olympic, why can't poker be that? Damn, those curling chicks are so sexy when they are in the process of playing
    If things were to magically revert to January 1st, 2003, only I could take everything I know now in terms of poker ability/knowledge, bonus clearing, etc., I think it's safe to say that it would be trivially easy to make over a million dollars.
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  18. 04-05-2013 04:48 PM #18
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    Oh.. april 1st..

    I've been out of the country for most of the last month. Weak or not, that's my excuse.
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