 |  Poker Book Club Predicts Growth for Poker in 2005
22 Feb 2005
2004 was a banner year for the poker world...right? So, that would mean that tournament attendance would be way up from a year ago...right?
poker-bookclub thought the Jack Binion World Poker Open would be an excellent case study, as it has been a stalwart of the tournament circuit since its inception 6 years ago. Also, it being the first major tournament of the year, poker-bookclub thought it would be an excellent measuring stick for the popularity of tournament poker in 2005.
The Poker Book Club looked at the number of entrants in seven sample events: The $500 buy in NLHE, Limit HE, Pot Limit Omaha, and Stud/8 eventsalso the $1,000 NLHE, $2,000 NLHE, and $2,000 Limit HE events. I took the entrants over the course of three years 2003-2004 and looked at how the number of entrants grew over those three years.
The World Series of Poker begins in a few months. By no means am I a psychic, but I am going to guess that his will be the largest player pool ever. Whatever the final number comes out to be, you can bet that the winner is going to take home a riverboat load of cash. |
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