THE MEDIA EFFECT

Media had and it still has an important role in the development of poker, especially with regards the number of new players.

Since the biggest poker events started to be broadcasted on TV, a greater number of people than ever before become familiar with the poker games and even started to play them.
Nowadays not only the big tournaments attract media attention, and in fact every day is more common to see different news related to poker players, poker TV shows or minor tournaments.

That trend shows the good moment that it is enjoying this game, which is followed by a greater number of people than ever before.

THE STEP UP OF POKER

One of the years that it is crucial in the poker history and development is without any doubt 2003, which is the year when Chris Momeymaker won the WSOP main event.

The fact that Chris was not a professional player, but a normal person whose hobby was poker and who moreover had won a sit in the biggest poker competition through an online poker satellite tournament, made people realize that they could be the next ones!

The impact of his triumph was so big than in the previous WSOP edition there were 6.494 players, while the previous year there were only 2.576. But Chris victory not only influenced the number of participation in the WSOP, but also the number of poker books and articles published, the poker media coverage and above all the number of players at online poker rooms.