With ESPN showing the highlights from the 2003 WSOP, and the Travel Channel having their Wednesday night routine, it begs the question:
"Is Texas Hold 'Em the latest craze?"
I have recently been invited to play in localized 'backroom' tournies, here in my little town. It seems that every guy with a deck of cards thinks that he is the next Chris Moneygrubber! This game has been around for years, but television has just recently moved it into a more mainstream picture.
Is this game this decades answer to backgammon of the 70's? Blackjack of the 80's? The stock market of the 90's? Guys who figure they can make a quick buck, because they read a book, saw a video, or whatever else?
I am thinking that right now is the high of the mountain for any sharp poker player. Sheep will come in droves over the next few months, or even couple of years.
Guys I know are having 24 man tournies with a $100 entry. Now, I know shit about poker. There is no way I would play in one of these. But, I have to think that most of these rubes are guys like me, who have seen it on the tube, and say, "I can do that!" Any real poker player could wipe out a table full of these geeks, don't you think?
Thus, I think the real poker players out there can make a small fortune for a short period of time.
I recently signed up online to play some hold 'em. (I have played at the free sites, but they are a joke, as all players just raise, raise, raise, no matter what they have!)
The thing about the real site is, at the .25/.50 game, there are still plenty of these jerks playing every hand, and staying on anything. Like I said, I know shit about the game. That being said, I can fold all day long in that game, and take home a few pots with a decent hand here and there. (Decent being relitive to that wager size, and being about $7-12.....which $4-5 is often mine!)
Still, I seem to be able to make about $10-$15 an hour. (Hey.....I wasn't looking for a summer job!)
Do any of you guys who have played poker in the casinos on a regular basis notice an influx of new/stupid players?
"Is Texas Hold 'Em the latest craze?"
I have recently been invited to play in localized 'backroom' tournies, here in my little town. It seems that every guy with a deck of cards thinks that he is the next Chris Moneygrubber! This game has been around for years, but television has just recently moved it into a more mainstream picture.
Is this game this decades answer to backgammon of the 70's? Blackjack of the 80's? The stock market of the 90's? Guys who figure they can make a quick buck, because they read a book, saw a video, or whatever else?
I am thinking that right now is the high of the mountain for any sharp poker player. Sheep will come in droves over the next few months, or even couple of years.
Guys I know are having 24 man tournies with a $100 entry. Now, I know shit about poker. There is no way I would play in one of these. But, I have to think that most of these rubes are guys like me, who have seen it on the tube, and say, "I can do that!" Any real poker player could wipe out a table full of these geeks, don't you think?
Thus, I think the real poker players out there can make a small fortune for a short period of time.
I recently signed up online to play some hold 'em. (I have played at the free sites, but they are a joke, as all players just raise, raise, raise, no matter what they have!)
The thing about the real site is, at the .25/.50 game, there are still plenty of these jerks playing every hand, and staying on anything. Like I said, I know shit about the game. That being said, I can fold all day long in that game, and take home a few pots with a decent hand here and there. (Decent being relitive to that wager size, and being about $7-12.....which $4-5 is often mine!)
Still, I seem to be able to make about $10-$15 an hour. (Hey.....I wasn't looking for a summer job!)
Do any of you guys who have played poker in the casinos on a regular basis notice an influx of new/stupid players?
