NO
The poker "bubble" is going to "pop" sometime in the next few years like all fads and while it won't go down to pre-Chris Moneymake levels it will decrease in populatity
It won't be like the Atkins Diet (which recently filed for bankruptcy - geez - whatta shock - like no one saw the coming) but Poker's decline in popularity isn't far from coming
The poker "bubble" is going to "pop" sometime in the next few years like all fads and while it won't go down to pre-Chris Moneymake levels it will decrease in populatity
It won't be like the Atkins Diet (which recently filed for bankruptcy - geez - whatta shock - like no one saw the coming) but Poker's decline in popularity isn't far from coming
While watching a little TV this weekend, I saw a Maalox or Mylanta commercial centered around a home poker game and how happy the people were because they could eat shi**y snacks and "keep playing for hours". Then the commercials between shows on HGTV, the network themed off poker with 4 cherries for "4 of a kind" and then a plate with 3 bananas and 2 oranges for a "full house". Looks like everyone in the states is playing poker right now.
Not enough sponsorship to do that. I think there is good advertising money for maybe 5 to 10 events and that is it. The demographic even with the boom isn't big enough. Golf is brilliant for advertisers, mostly over $100k income people skewed towards male executives. Poker gets everything from the Stardust fleas to Dallas bankers playing. Makes it a tougher sell.
Good point Bill. Not to mention that golf watchers buy golf equipment. The advertising money that the PGA gets is off the charts. In poker, you can only buy so many poker chips sets, tables, etc. Gambling sites can't advertise on TV (though you gotta hand it to pokerstars.net and the others for advertising the "free" section of their site - though I read that lawmakers are trying to outlaw advertising of this as well).
