Dec 15 2008
Watching Poker is a New Kind a Fun!
Who would of thought that watching six to seven smelly guys at a poker table is any fun. Well I am first tell you that it really is not that bad and not what you think.
In actuality the many games of poker has blown up in popularity in this country by increase participation, especially with the younger generations and females as well.
With new technology sites like FullTilt Poker.com and Poker Stars.net anyone can really learn the many games of poker. Online poker has been a huge hit and continues to grow everday. Plus with actual payouts with no added fees to your account you are almost foolish not to at least try and learn.
It seems with the way the times are everyone is looking for the quick fix for cash and what better way by playing Texas Hold’em Poker or Omaha Hi/Lo. The one thing that worries me is maybe to many of us are trying to get that quick fix and not really learning the games as what they are intended for the player.
Poker is a game and just like any game people can and will manipulate or use their own rules to try to make an advantage for themselves. It seems sometimes I am playing online texas holdem and some people just use stupid but sometime a smart way of playing. For example that one player at your table that plays every hand and raises every time he or she bets. These people are most likely novices to the game or perhaps scams because they believe most of the time they will just push people off the table because they just bully pots every chance they get. This maybe a smart idea for someone trying to scam a game online but for the real poker player we all know this is not the right gamesmanship you should show at any poker table. I guarantee that many of these players would not last ten minutes at an actual poker table, where you may get your legs broken afterwards, if you decided to bully the pot on every hand. Remember this, the house or dealer will not tolerate it as well as Poker does have rules that everyone should learn to keep the game at its highest purity.
So in summary what does this have to do with TV? Right now many channels are airing actual poker tournaments and you can learn a lot just watching a few hands. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic, to name a few, all show many hours of the most popular tournaments around the world including events like the Main Event World Sereis of Poker. That is maybe the most popular among the newer faces of poker because it almost works like a US OPEN Golf Tournament where any amateur can get in and play for the grand prize of millions of dollars. So the next time you are watching poker on TV make sure you say to yourself that could be me one day all you got to do is play. Lastly, Danny Negraneau you are my favorite, you are the man when it comes to poker and the reason why I learned to play.
