Poker will never peak
 

Contrary to what many people have claimed. Those people are usually in the midst of a losing streak that could have been caused by bad cards or simply their own deficiencies as a player. I have noticed that 99.9999% of poker players look for every excuse in the book to lay blame for their losses instead of admitting the fact that maybe they aren't as good as they think they are. And as far as online poker peaking, bull [censored]. Will never happen. With all the people on this Earth running around having babies like a bunch of rabbits, the world population continues to explode every year. And every year there are more and more "hotshots" that become legal age and start playing poker. And then there are all the other newbies that discover the game every day. Many of these people play for fun, and won't take the game seriously enough to become winners. Many are too dumb, or lack the self control to become winners. The games I play continue to be incredibly easy to beat. The bigger concern is that the a- holes in DC will do something to screw up online poker. This is something that would happen way before the games ever got too tough to beat. I've been hearing how the games are getting tougher online for 3 years now. And I'm sure we will all continue to hear it forever from the many people that are living in denial. My advice, work on your game and stop making excuses.

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Agreed... Especially about the real scare being government legislation, not Party going under because the players are too good, or they allow too much multi-tabling.

Poker is great because it is ever evolving, good players just adapt. If you can stay ahead of the curve it will always be profitable, that is as long as it's not made illegal...

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I agree with you. With the popularity growing with high school aged and younger, as well as the college student age group, there should be a continued rise in online poker growth as the younger group reaches legal age to gamble.

Another factor for growth will no doubt be the influx of more and more female players. This group of players will probably not level off for another 5 years as it's just beginning to take off within the female sector.

So I see no chance of online poker peaking for many many years, if ever.

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Generally agree except to make one point:

The world population is increasing but not in the countries where most online poker players and their disposable incomes are from.

And the online games 3 years ago were tougher than they are now.

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Sidenote on women players and why to expect online poker to grow in that group.

Annie Duke has given the OK for a sitcom to be developed about her life as a single mom who plays poker for a living. Since this is going to be a comedy there will no doubt be scenes of her playing poker online at her computer with the kids running around and driving her crazy.

If this show becomes popular and is picked up on a major network in a good time slot, this will do more to advertise online poker than anything before it. Especially considering its about a woman, and growth among women is a huge untapped market right now.

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Good point, when I heard about the idea for that show I wanted to cry it sounded so bad but I might change my tune if it starts bringing in single mothers with no idea how to play.

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good point on the possibility that an annie duke sitcom could bring many women into the game.

the biggest untapped market is the chinese though. but that's scary because there will likely be much team play as they enter the game. i think they are probably a few years away from making a significant impact on the numbers, but if the chinese adopt poker as their economy grows, there will be growth forever.

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the biggest untapped market is the chinese though. but that's scary because there will likely be much team play as they enter the game.

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You're saying the Chinese will cheat? Any reasons why?

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http://www.marxists.org/subject/china/cc.jpg

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i'm not saying it to be racist. i am saying it because there will be little or no oversight and there will be a new breed of capitalists that will try and beat the system. it is no different than the notion that the new russia is full of mobsters. chinese players from small towns and provinces will see this as an opportunity and the local mood will be one of complicity not discouragement.

as developing countries develop, or communist countries turn socialist or democratic, there is a natural step back to a wild west mentality. this mentality will result in this new group of players trying to do things the scam way versus the traditional and proper way of learning the game through education as the way to beat it.