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 Poker is now definitely mainstream, shorn, 16. Oct 2003 07:11 | ||
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| OK, so all the press in SI and other spots has been nice. But today, poker has hit the conservative (sorry noiseboy) mainstream. There is an article in the Wall Street Journal today on the first page of section B discussing Randy Peterson's effort to show that poker is a skill game. It is also quoted as saying that the number of poker players online worldwide is close to 3 million. | ||
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| And on a soap opera, Andrew W, 16. Oct 2003 07:16 | ||
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| I am sad to know this, but my wife is home on maternity leave and getting re-hooked on One Life to Live on ABC. There is a Vegas side storyline, and one of the characters from Landview is going to Vegas for a big poker tournament. When it's on the soaps, beware. | ||
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| Re: And on a soap opera, gary ford, 17. Oct 2003 09:28 | ||
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| on 16. Oct 2003 07:16 Andrew W wrote: > I am sad to know this, but my wife is home on maternity leave and getting re-hooked > on One Life to Live on ABC. There is a Vegas side storyline, and one of the > characters from Landview is going to Vegas for a big poker tournament. > > When it's on the soaps, beware. ??? beware of what??? | ||
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| beware of..., Andrew W, 17. Oct 2003 09:49 | ||
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| ... the same thing that happens when any trend starts on a soap opera - it will be mis represented, misunderstood and mythologized. I guess beware is over stating the case - just to say that your typical soap opera treatment won't necessarily be that accurate. | ||
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| Re: beware of..., Lottery Larry, 18. Oct 2003 12:48 | ||
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| as opposed to say any network representation of poker? | ||
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| Re: beware of..., gary ford, 20. Oct 2003 01:26 | ||
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| on 17. Oct 2003 09:49 Andrew W wrote: > ... the same thing that happens when any trend starts on a soap opera - it will be mis > represented, misunderstood and mythologized. > > I guess beware is over stating the case - just to say that your typical soap opera treatment > won't necessarily be that accurate. Actually the trend started on the Internet, gained momentum because of the WPT, increased momentum because of expanded coverage of WSOP, and now is moving into the celebrity realm with the Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo, which was filmed this week at the Palms.Lets hope that this flood of new players is treated right when they hit the B&M cardrooms. | ||
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| Re: beware of. new players, timmer, 21. Oct 2003 07:29 | ||
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| treating them right, track em whack em stack em and rack em cut em no slack em. | ||
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| Re: beware of. new players, ReMMy, 21. Oct 2003 07:32 | ||
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| Yes, but do it nicely! And smile... | ||
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| Re: Poker is now definitely mainstream, palman, 16. Oct 2003 15:10 | ||
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| I was just about to talk about the WSJ article but you spoiled it.... was a good article, If only poker has reached 3 million people, how long till its legal? | ||
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| Re: Poker is now definitely mainstream, Candide, 17. Oct 2003 07:19 | ||
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| Hehehe, please please please legalize it fully in Florida :) Right now you pretty much have to go to a dog track while the dogs are runnign play any. | ||
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