Is Hold'Em Getting More or Less Popular?

[adam5206]

Is Hold'Em getting more or less popular? What about poker in general?

[bicyclekick]

more. duh.

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Less. Duh.

[UATrewqaz]

The influx of new players has slowed. there are still new players coming in, but at less of a rate then say between a year and two years ago.

The good news is that many of the players that came in during that period continue to play.

Not all fish bust and never come back. A healthy number just wait till the next pay day, deposit another $50 or $100 bucks (or some other small reasonable amount) play on it for awhile, bust, rinse repeat.

[Swedebubba]

For me it seems less popular. I have switched games and don't play Hold em much any more. The game that excites me now is WAR. Not too many places spread the game but when I do get in a game it is a pure battle. What is nice about War is it seems to have very little variance, however my sample size may be too small.

[SmackinYaUp]

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For me it seems less popular. I have switched games and don't play Hold em much any more. The game that excites me now is WAR. Not too many places spread the game but when I do get in a game it is a pure battle. What is nice about War is it seems to have very little variance, however my sample size may be too small.

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WAR is way old, theres this new game called "UNO"

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For me it seems less popular. I have switched games and don't play Hold em much any more. The game that excites me now is WAR. Not too many places spread the game but when I do get in a game it is a pure battle. What is nice about War is it seems to have very little variance, however my sample size may be too small.

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WAR is way old, theres this new game called "UNO"

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OMG when I read this post I actually pictured what an Uno game would be like at Foxwoods. Imagine the Floor being called every time there's an argument over whether somebody declared "Uno". And the reaction when the guy to someone's right keeps "Skip"ing him and making him "Draw Two".

There's always going to be fraternities and places like New Jersey producing fish out there.

Gambling is shoved down pop cultures throat like bad music. It's America's new Chess.

This game isn't going anywhere for a long time.

Agreed that it is not going anywhere, but the massive influx has definitely stopped. I think we are reaching a level where the new people coming in are going to balance with the people dropping off of the 'fad' (and all of the fish who will eventually run themselves broke).

[Aytumious]

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Agreed that it is not going anywhere, but the massive influx has definitely stopped. I think we are reaching a level where the new people coming in are going to balance with the people dropping off of the 'fad' (and all of the fish who will eventually run themselves broke).

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The nice thing about poker compared to other 'fads' is that it is quite addictive even for people without a gambling problem.

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Is Hold'Em getting more or less popular? What about poker in general?

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I think it depends on the area you live. Here where I live last year you barely heard anything on poker but now someone talk about it at work or in at the gym where I worked at.

And when everybody has the bird flu there will be nothing to do but sit inside and play online poker.

Also, the fish may leave for a bit but they will periodically come back. It's like how golfers take the winter off. Speaking of which, is more expensive than hours and hours of entertainment at the penny tables (which is the base of the pyramid where a lot of the money comes from.)

Almost everybody who wants to play poker right now is playing. Others either do not have the right equipment or internet, do not trust the web-sites or have questions about the law.

I don't know a single person who has started the game and has quit it for good. I've heard "I'm gonna take a little break and maybe start on the .5/1 tables next month", but I've never seen a quitter.

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Almost everybody who wants to play poker right now is playing.

I don't know a single person who has started the game and has quit it for good. I've heard "I'm gonna take a little break and maybe start on the .5/1 tables next month", but I've never seen a quitter.

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I think you've done a great job summarizing the situation. The boom years of poker are over, but because of the widespread popularity and acceptance that poker has recieved it will maintain a healthy following for years to come.

[ThaHero]

I often times scratch my head when people say "the games will dry up once all the fish go broke."

I have a whole slew of family members that play slot machines all the time. The majority of them all lose their money. But guess what? They have these things called "jobs" and these "jobs" pay them every week. Can you believe it!

Now take someone that stops playing slots and says, hey, this poker thing is cool!

They may go broke a few weekends. But guess what? They are hooked in. They get paid every week, and take a good portion of that paycheck to the casino.

More people are interested in poker than ever. Only a small percentage have the psychological ability and mental capacity to be a long term winner at poker. Now that they have a new game to play, they will keep playing.

If anyone is seriously scared about games drying up and fish going broke and never returning, they should ask themselves how Vegas is still thriving. Wouldn't all the money be gone by now?

[bdypdx]

"Is Hold'Em Getting More or Less Popular?"

Tedious actually.

One used to be able to find wonderful games that allowed any sort of poker. Now, it's all holdem, all the time...

whatever...

[NLSoldier]

getting more popular but probably not at as fast of rate as a yr ago.