[henington]

I agree. Holdem is a great game but I think it's popularity is overrated. Card players, professionals, whatever, aren't given the respect they deserve for other games they excell at.
However, if you excel at something better than holdem, enjoy it while you can. If other games start getting the media hype like holdem is, than a lot more competition wll surface, making it more expensive to play...and just making those bad beats harder to accept. Win the money while it's there! And if the money doesn't bother you and you just want the competition, give it time. These games are too age old to just die.