Discussion on the future of the beatable SNG

[stupidsucker]

It is the very idea that poker can be beaten that attracts people. They lose and chalk it up to bad beats.(when their AT gets beaten by AK)

Casions give away free strategy cards for blackjack and craps. This is a great ploy that keeps them comming back for more.

How could I lose?

[Yads]

Well as long as holdem continues to be the game of choice for most people, this will last a long time. You see the whole reason holdem is so big, is because there is a huge element of luck to the game (and a huge element of skill.) In that aside from the top 5% of hands most other hands perform really close to each other. So it takes much longer for bad players to go broke. And as someone else mentioned I think that a lot of people will ride a hot streak and think that they are good poker players. Why do you think there are so many stories of people saying online poker is rigged because they "did really well at first, then proceded to lose everything". No I think poker is going to be around for a while, unless everyone goes back to playing 5 card draw and Doyle Brunson procedes to take everyone's money.