Poker's popularity is fanned by a combination of television
and Internet technology. Card rooms in states where poker is legal are booming.
Poker is consuming college campuses and is replacing video gaming as the
new idle-time obsession. Hundreds of thousands of people are playing poker
online 24 hours a day. It is estimated that 50 - 80 million Americans play
the game of poker. Poker players, at all levels, say the game appeals to
their competitive instincts, challenges their brains and differs from other
sports because it does not rely on athletic prowess or the ability to buy
the best equipment. You get a chance to do what is impossible in almost
any other sport: Start from nowhere and be able to challenge the best in
the game.
