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"Anybody who doubts that poker has reached a new high in popularity needs only to look at this year's record number of entrants in the 35th Annual World Series of Poker. Last year 839 players paid (or won entry via satellites) the $10,000 entry fee.This year there was speculation that there would be around 1,200 players. the final number turned out to be 2,576."
- Bill Burton, about.com
"Poker is suddenly hot and hip.the game has seen its status elevated by cable TV, which has made celebrities out of tournament poker players. Having card-playing movie stars such as Ben Affleck and Matt Damon actively promote poker has made the game appealing to a younger generation, too."
- Asbury Park Press
"Other signs poker is big and getting bigger: In cyberspace, the number of online poker players is multiplying exponentially. One leading site, www.PartyPoker.com, has seen daily participation grow in two years from 300 to 25,000."
- Asbury Park Press
Lipscomb said poker's appeal is no surprise to the millions of players across the country. "(Poker) is to cards and games what jazz is to American music," said Lipscomb, 42, who also produces the World Poker Tour series. "The great American card game has finally found a home."
- Asbury Park Press
"In Atlantic City , which began offering live games in June 1993, the hot game is Texas Hold'em, the only poker game played in televised tournaments."It's amazing what has happened this year in poker," said Tom Gitto, manager of the 66-table Taj Mahal card room, the city's largest facility. "And it's all in Texas Hold'em." ".It's definitely a direct result of television. People come in and say, 'I've been seeing those shows on television [Texas Hold'em]. I want to play that game.'
- Asbury Park Pres
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"Card playing - an activity that filled the evening hours before television was invented - has improbably become one of TV's hottest programming trends."
- Gambling Magazine
"The popularity of poker has skyrocketed, thanks in part to televised celebrity tournaments featuring stars like Ben Affleck."
- MSNBC ONLINE
"The word is out - poker is fun," says Barry Shulman, champion player and publisher of Card Player magazine."
- MSNBC ONLINE
