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Poker boom
showing no signs of waning...
The
popularity of poker continues to go from strength to strength. Once the
exclusive domain of serious gamblers and played strictly in casinos and smoke
filled gaming rooms, games like Texas Hold'em are now being played by part-time
punters and average Joes in increasing numbers around the world.
Poker's
growth in popularity is not a new phenomenon. Both online and terrestrial
casino poker have enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity over the last five
years. The online poker boom is well documented and discussed in
more detail at our online poker phenomenon
page. Its offline cousin has also enjoyed a popularity explosion lately,
and it seems this is showing no signs of abating with back-to-back record
tournament buy-ins during the first 2 months of 2006 according to Pokerpages.com.
Pokerpages.com
produces a monthly Poker Pages Industry Index (PPII) to measure the size of the
poker tournament market. The PPII presents a compilation of
tournament buy-in amounts, the number of tournaments conducted and average
buy-in stakes per tournament a thus an indicator of poker activity each
month. The January and February 2006 indexes revealed record buy-in
numbers.
There
is also anecdotal evidence that activity at casino play-for-money tables are
fuller than they have ever been, largely due to novices wanting to experience
the thrill of poker first hand.
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