Poker, Baseball, and Apple Pie
July 7, 2009
Poker has come along way from what the public perception of the game used
to be. It used to be that when people mentioned poker playing, it was spoken
about in hushed tones and people did not speak about it as if it was
something worth playing. It was back alleys and smoke filled rooms – and
people like Big Jim would spot you the money to play. It was illegal, and
quite frankly it probably should have been.
But once poker playing left the back alleys and came out into the light of
online playing, people got a new respect for the game. They realized that
what they had been picturing all along was not really what the game was.
Poker is a game that involves real thinking and real challenges – because
poker is not a game of luck – it is a game of skill.
Gone are the perceptions of poker playing being a scummy way of hanging out
– and instead people are clamoring to play the game. It is now on every
computer and TV that you look at and the game has become as American as
other great pastimes. One expects to see Joe DiMaggio pick up a poker hand
and play. With the stigma surrounding it gone, the game has taken on new
heights that it would never have been able to achieve before.
It was never considered an acceptable way of entertaining yourself or of
winning money. How times have changed! Now people try their hardest to
become a professional poker player, and the good ones make millions of
dollars a year at it. They find that they are accepted in a way they never
were before, and they are thrilled that they can win so much money doing
what they love.
