The end is near

[tommo]

The end is coming
So...is this really a bad sign? or am I just overly worried about my primary source of income?

[jkkkk]

Come the next WSOP or next major televised event you'll probably see a resurge in popularity, its not over yet. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[JihadOnTheRiver]

Simply put, no. Remember, there has been gambling since Adam thought that he could get a good return on a rib and lost. There will always be people gambling. Some of the Blackjack and other table games crowd will always want to play a bit of poker.

The only thing I can tell you is that if you are truly worried, step up your game. Remember, there is many games out there that YOU are the fish. All I mean by that is that there is a lot of room for improvement, and if you concentrate on your game and continue to think, you'll be set. Fear not, you'll be stacking farktards as long as you want [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

-JOTR

First, thanks for the link to the article.

Second, rest easy. The fad may have peaked, but there is no indication that it is reversing. Look at Nascar, as something similar--its popularity skyrocketed, but then leveled out at a very high level. I think this is what we can expect from online poker. Also, party hardly advertises, by conventional standards, and it has yet to, as far as I am aware, conduct any stateside lobbying to clarify the status on online poker. So it still has options left.

For my part, I don't see how the U.S. can keep internet poker in its arguably/likely/maybe illegal limbo for much longer.

Lastly, don't forget that this is a typical stock market overreaction to bad news. Those stockbroker/analyst types are professional weak/tight fishies, imho.

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Asia.

[sourbeaver]

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yeah, what's up with these guys ?
Why are they kept off the market and when will they be allowed in ?

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Asia.

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yeah, what's up with these guys ?
Why are they kept off the market and when will they be allowed in ?

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Maybe it has something to do with the english only at the table rule? Maybe it is illegal? great question; I never thought about it.

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A friend of mine living in Japan now says the Japanese don't even know what Poker is... yet. Probably the same for Korea, China, etc.

[Voltron87]

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yeah, what's up with these guys ?
Why are they kept off the market and when will they be allowed in ?

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unless the dollar weakens a lot more dont count on it. dollar household incomes in asia are nothing compared to here.

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PokerStars microlimits! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]