roadhawg 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 i know that this topic has been beaten to death but how long do you guys think will be before hold'em will cool off and start to die down? i know it will never be where it was before and will always be pretty popular but where do you think it will stop? i am only 18 so i have a couple of years before i can go to vegas and start entering tourny's and i dont want it to die down before i have a chance. i am just wondering what you guys think. Link to post Share on other sites
game breaker 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 i know that this topic has been beaten to death but how long do you guys think will be before hold'em will cool off and start to die down? i know it will never be where it was before and will always be pretty popular but where do you think it will stop? i am only 18 so i have a couple of years before i can go to vegas and start entering tourny's and i dont want it to die down before i have a chance. i am just wondering what you guys think.Hold'em will cool off the same day slot machines do Link to post Share on other sites
kidpkrJR 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 the players who love it will always keep it alive, maybe there won't always be thousands upon thousands who play in the tourneys but poker will be around for a long time Link to post Share on other sites
Guest_ 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 go to school and get a jobit will never happen Link to post Share on other sites
sdnuol 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 i have the most posts of anyone above me Link to post Share on other sites
roadhawg 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 when i say cooling off i also mean, is how much longer will it still be popular? everyone knows poker now, all the celebs are playingit on tv? how much longer will it be like this. Link to post Share on other sites
kennyg1966 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 eleventy niner brazillion nine trillion and 4 seconds untill the boom is done!! Link to post Share on other sites
solo319 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I dont think that Tournament poker will decrease, but I do think It will plateau. Im thinking the main event will have around the same number of players next year or maybe a little more. There is really no way the fields can nearly double every year like it has been. it just doesnt seem possible to continue.........lots of players have to be going broke Link to post Share on other sites
finztotheleft 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 As long as high schools and colleges continue to enroll new students......... Link to post Share on other sites
rwood 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 there are a million other people who are 18 like you who are looking forward to being able to play in casinos. as long as that keeps happening poker will be just as big, if not bigger. like the poster above said, the fields will no longer be doubling, but they most likely will stay around the same from now on most likely. cheers. ryan. Link to post Share on other sites
antistuff 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 go to school and get a jobit will never happenbam! bam! bam! biggity! bam! Link to post Share on other sites
XX44466XX 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 When? Link to post Share on other sites
RodReynolds 90 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I think that if I ever play in the major leagues, and there is a pitch out of the strike zone that the umpire calls a strike to strike me out on, I'm not going to protest. When I come up to bat the next time though, I'll say something like "That last pitch was a little outside, no?" and he'll probably say "It was close. Honestly, I could have gone either way on it, it was a tough call." Yeah, I guess it was. And you've got to feed your family too, I respect that. Your job certainly is not easy. Link to post Share on other sites
spinnuh 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 next year ill be surprised if even 6000 players enter Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,723 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 28 days... six hours... 42 minutes... 12 seconds. That... is when the hold'em craze... will end. Link to post Share on other sites
blueodum 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 next year ill be surprised if even 6000 players enterAre you daft? Link to post Share on other sites
chrozzo 19 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 As long as high schools and colleges continue to enroll new students.........haha, QFT Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 In exactly.......ummm...........what? Link to post Share on other sites
Jam-Fly 8 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 IMO, the WSOP main event will keep doubling, for decades, even centuries, until the Harrahs decides to create its owen planet to run the World Series. Just my opinion Link to post Share on other sites
TB17 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 IMO, the WSOP main event will keep doubling, for decades, even centuries, until the Harrahs decides to create its owen planet to run the World Series. Just my opinionI hear there's 3 new planets, they can inhabit one of those. Link to post Share on other sites
medicalmj 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 depends what you mean by die down...eventually poker will reach its peak and get to the point where it can only decline. I look at baseball as a prime example, for many years baseball was the #1 sport in america, this i no longer the case but that doesnt mean athletes still dont make millions and that there are no baseball games to go to. Poker is the same way, i think it will reach its peak within the next 5-10 yrs but it will always be big regardless if it goes on a decline. Link to post Share on other sites
BearCanada 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 The answer lies in tv producers hands:Right now Hold'em is getting a lot of tv exposure. It gets that exposure because it is sold to tv broadcasters relatively cheaply. If that continues and "made for tv" events continue then hold'em could last a long time. Also the personalities really add to it. Right now things are perfect you have the old school of Brunson, Cloutier, Chan...etc and you have the young punks Hellmuth, Matusow, aparently Jamie Gold etc. You also have the hero's or nice guys DN, Ivey, etc.. Thrown in some interesting characters like Chris "Jesus" Furguson and the seemingly wild play of guys like Gus Hansen and it makes pretty compelling TV. I'm waiting for the next tv reality show to be a poker reality show. Kind of a "Contender" of poker. Picture Protege only on network Tv with more then a one table final tourney but players lives followed and heads up tourneys and other things thrown in the mix. Hold'em is here to stay ahwile I think.-Bear Link to post Share on other sites
PairTheBoard 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 They're sure not throwing money into the pots at Party Poker like they used to.PairTheBoard Link to post Share on other sites
WhatArunAA 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 They're sure not throwing money into the pots at Party Poker like they used to.PairTheBoard I definately agree. Link to post Share on other sites
Oneeydjaq 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 eleventy niner brazillion nine trillion and 4 seconds untill the boom is done!!You got to throw a niner in there sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites
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