Poker is gaining quite a following – people watching it on tv, hearing about the winners of the tournaments on tv and the radio and in the newspapers. I could hardly believe my ears when the radio station I was listening to announced the winner of the WSOP – and even made a point to say that he started his profitable adventure with a modest buy-in at on online poker room.
Suddenly poker is being talked about everywhere!
Not only is the popularity of poker going to continue to climb, I think it’s about to explode. All this prime-time exposure – from the reality casino tv shows to the WSOP et al – is going to make gambling a much more mainstream, everyday and socially acceptable passtime.
Online gambling has already introduced people to gambling – people who before didn’t have access to poker rooms, bingo parlours or casinos.
The televisation of the poker tournaments already is giving online poker playing a whole new air of respectability, which is sure to attract a whole lot of people to tip their hand at it. :bigsmile: