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what is the reason for popularity of poker?

And that there are poker tournaments like WSOP and WPT with HUGE prizes.

One more big thing is simple people taking down alot of money from these turneys. They simply participate in satellites and win huge amounts of money.

I think the most and formost reason of poker popularity is that poker has recently made the evolutionary jump from being viewed as a game to being viewed as a sport and also because increased media coverage of high-stakes poker games in United states.

I think that the biggest reason for the rise in Poker was the year when Chris Moneymaker won the WSOP. That and the creation and popularity of online poker. Ever since Chris one that year...everyone has heard of the story of how he put in the small amount online and turned it into millions. That is the MAIN reason for the increase in popularity of the game. If you notice...the fields at the WSOP have grown exponentially since that final and online sites have been qualifying the majority of the entrants.