Poker fad already fading?

lonn19 · #1 12-05-2005, 01:32 PM

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You people don't see the diffference between TV poker and online poker?

People's urge to gamble is not a fad. Just because people (like myself) find TV poker to be less and less enjoyable, that does not mean that i am playing less and less poker.

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Couldn't have said it better. There is a big difference between the decline of ratings of televised poker and the desire of people to play poker.

ChipWrecked · #2 12-05-2005, 01:34 PM

Seems weird to think there was actually discussion around poker tables at one point asking, "Think anybody'll watch this 'World Poker Tour' thing?"

#3 12-05-2005, 01:37 PM

with the extreme overexposure of poker what's to say the viewing population in general is the same or even increasing, just that it is spread out thinner because of all the new shows coming out. I for one stopped watching wsop and wpt, because I'm playing poker instead. I think this is a market where they took a big hit. watching poker was fun when I didn't play it. Now I'd rather be online then checking out the main event.

ncboiler · #4 12-05-2005, 07:45 PM

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I for one stopped watching wsop and wpt, because I'm playing poker instead. I think this is a market where they took a big hit. watching poker was fun when I didn't play it. Now I'd rather be online then checking out the main event.

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This is exactly my reason for not watching poker on TV anymore. The more you play the more you realized how heavily edited it is and how unlike "real" poker the shows are. "Real" meaning how boring 19 out of 20 hands can be. ESPN makes poker look like a run and gun basketball game. I am not convinced however that online poker is not just a fad.