There are no serious poker games played for pride or the satisfaction of winning. Money is tied to poker more than it is any of those other games. The influence money has on how poker is played is greater than it is for any of those other games. I was ready to let your comments stand but it was the responses you've given other people that brought me back in.
Tournament poker has become popular, but it is a relatively new type of poker. Traditional "cash game" or "live game" or "ring game" poker is played using real money as the primary tool. You don't play that form of poker until someone "wins." Traditional poker can have players come and go and in some casinos the same game on the same table can last days, weeks or years. You sit down and buy-in for any amount you'd like within a range, you can add additional money any time between hands up to the set maximum, and you can stand up and cash out at any point, up or down $1, once you've lost all your chips, or with $1 million dollars that you've collected from any number of players who have come and gone from the table. There is no other game like that. At that type of game 8 out of 9 players at the table could be up. Hell there could be a situation after a few people leave a table that 9 out of 9 players could be up. It's also possible that one player could have taken significant amounts from everyone else and once they leave every single player on the table is down. There's no dynamic in that situation that is remotely like bridge. In that game there is a beginning and and end where a player or team is definitely the winner of the game. In poker each hand is essentially independent from all other hands.
Chips are easier to handle and manage so money is exchanged directly for chips that have real cash value.
Tournament poker might resemble a serious bridge tournament that is played for money, but traditional poker cannot in any way shape or form be separated from the money that is being put into the pot and it is very different from any of the other games you mentioned in that regard.
Liar's dice? Show me the serious for money games of liar's dice. c'mon man.