On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Ed Dravecky <[email protected]> wrote:
> JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > I flipped past Poker After Dark Thursday night as they went to the > > first break, and the first ad was "Lost your poker home?" So some sort > > of online poker may keep things alive. > > The same ads are running on 'World Poker Tour' broadcasts where > they're pushing ClubWPT.com, a $19.95 per month poker site where you > can play for prizes and "never lose a dime of real money". (I think > you'll be losing about 200 dimes a month, but that's just me...) > And just as I read this post I am watching the same ad on NBC's "National Head's Up Poker Championship".. Where they have Mike Sexton offering $100,000 in cash, prizes and WPT championship seats. It is described as "risk-free" poker. What is interesting is that they have apparently estimated that the target population of these ads loses around $20/month on average playing online poker - I would have thought it was much higher than that. No doubt a few people win a lot of money, and most people lose a significant amount (the professional poker players really clean up playing against most amateurs online). If this kind of deal helps more people limit their online poker losses to what seems like a relatively manageable $240/year, this is not a bad development. I have never played for real money (other than house games with friends) so I don't know if this kind of set up would be attractive to regular online players. If they let you do it for just one month, it might be worth $20.00 for me to try it. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
