Poker a sport

[Dan Mezick]

TV poker is something new.

Trying to fit poker into the 'sport' category (using current definitions for that term) is just way to limiting.

The demographic of the audience (age, income, education) is incredible for advertisers and poker sells tons of TV ads.

Poker is a new kind of TV entertainment that is not going away. Note that chess and bridge cannot compete in teh TV medium against poker.

Poker has self-defined a new, unique spot in entertainment space. And it OWNS that space.

Just the fact the 'is it sport' article was written tells you this is at least partially true. They don't know what the hell it is, they just know it works on TV.

[Dan Mezick]

The article might as well entitled "TV Poker: What the Heck Is It?"

Of course, the answer is that it is a money machine for the cable programmers selling ads into that demographic.

[Cry Me A River]

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The article might as well entitled "TV Poker: What the Heck Is It?"


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Seems pretty obvious - It's a Game Show! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I'm surprised ESPN haven't courted Wink Martindale or Bob Barker as hosts... [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]