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Howard Lederer, on poker as a sport 0

I don’t think poker is a sport. It’s the greatest game in the world, but it’s not a sport. The Olympics is the place for sports without leagues. Poker has its own place.
Howard Lederer – 02/2010 – in ESPN Poker

Jesper Hougaard, on poker as a sport 2

It’s no coincidence that Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey and a lot these really, really top players are in excellent physical condition. They’re in great shape, they eat healthily and I’m sure many of them have mental coaches, sparring partners of some kind. [..] I think in the next three to four years the players that [...]