poker dies then what?

[Shaun]

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does anyone have any idea when it will come or whats is most likley to do it? any non joke reply would be good lol

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Man, people have been posting this kind of crap for years. I mean 6 years ago, when I started playing online people were panicked that the fish would all dissappear and there'd be no more games. Well look what happened- poker is a national "sport".

Anyway it's not going to happen. The WPT and WSOP are going to be on TV for a long, long time. Normal people like seeing others who look like them compete and win lots of money on sheer balls and brains. As long as poker is on TV it will remain huge, but even if it somehow gets banished from the airwaves it will still be played in pretty big numbers.

At worst, the "fad" will die down and the growth will taper off to a steady-state with yearly fluctuations up or down in only a slight direction. There is absolutely no way that poker will ever return to the level it was at 6 years ago though.

Stop worrying.

[Nietzsche]

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I can't help you with this, Tim, but I am predicting a Backgammon Boom in 2007.

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Won't happen. At least not in a way that can be compared with the Hold'em boom. Not enough kicks for the average Joe.

[Nietzsche]

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I should imagine that the TV coverage will increase to a semi-global level over the next few years. Poker has been cleverly repackaged as an "entertainment sport", and there is no good reasons why we wont see an increasing number of broadcasts in non-US countries.

The beauty of poker is that it is an "everymans" game, and that the media coverage therefore translates directly into raw volume of players. Furthermore, the introduction of internet poker has complemented the media coverage perfectly, in that we can all now play this televised, celebrity game in the comfort of our own homes.

I would think that the peak will maintain or grow for the next few years. After this a tail-off will occur, but I should imagine it will be long and slow, and will actually flatten off at a far higher number of players than before the internet poker boom.

The biggest dangers are:

A) US legislation against online gambling
B) Bots getting a (temporary) upper hand in the arms race against bot-prevention systems. The bad publicity will probably be more damaging long-term than the bots themselves.

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I think you are spot on here.

[Nietzsche]

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better get your kicks in before the whole shhthouse goes up in flames.

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All right!

If poker dies, you can all still come over to my place for home games. No worries.

[Alex/Mugaaz]

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If he dies, he dies.

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Nice.

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I must break you.

[AustinDoug]

I remember when partypoker reached 25,000 players and a bunch of people on this board posted how it had to have peaked and were predicting a drop.

Poker will no longer be profitable online when Las Vegas closes all of the casinos and becomes a ghost town.

[krazyace5]

I think if they could tie poker in with WWE wrestling it could really take off. I can see it now, Jesus and The Brat in a tag team match with , well whoever wrestles these days.

[nebben]

Until hundreds of thousands of suckers, myself included, can admit that they are losing players, poker is going nowhere.
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[astroglide]

i don't think poker is suddenly going to become unpopular, but legislation and bots could signifigantly harm online poker