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Old 09-01-2010, 09:24 PM
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PRR has understandably slowed down. They started off with a ton of content and the thing that most people here are overlooking is a good deal of their talent has been brought on to bigger things, Stapes is a good example. Is he supposed to travel 2 weeks a month to do PRR, do 2 jacks as well as doing the big game. Ali also had an oppertunity of Face the Ace would have taken off which is what got him away from PRR. Amanda is now working for WPT, Sebok is trying to work on UB's image.

I too miss the old days of the general hillarity back from 2008 and agree that things have never quite recovered post Shronk Era.

It does however, make sense for them to keep posting a reduced content until the UIGEA is over turned at which point, poker road becomes one of the top places for poker news, shows strategy etcetera to the new group of poker boomers.

Remember, a lot of people from the poker boom of 2003 have left poker because they've gone broke too many times. I played in tournaments at my local casino in 2005 and 2006 with 350 entries on a Wednesday night $30 buy-in tourney. That same tourney is actually seeing a big growth from it's low point of about 45 players last year to 120 players 2 weeks ago, still less than half of what it once was.

If on line poker is legal in the U.S. we'll have potentially a bigger boom than the first one with the 18-25 year olds who weren't old enough for the first one.

At this point, expect poker road and it's programing to be exciting again. Until then, we'll stick with some of the waiting period stuff that maybe isn't as energetic, but will keep things afloat for another year or so while this internet thing gets worked out. For me, I'll be enjoying what content comes up as long as Seebs and co continue to produce it and when the next boom happens, I'll have a few yers of poker experience and I'll cash in while listening to PRR.
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