Key Takeaways
- The poker boom was a perfect storm of technology, timing, and testosterone.
- There is some sort of satisfaction that keeps players involved in the game and relatively happy.
- In order for the next poker boom to happen, female poker players, active gamblers, and passive gamblers must all be taken into consideration.
The poker boom was a perfect storm of technology, timing, and testosterone. Despite those days being a distant memory now, there’s still hope for a second boom—just not in the way that you’re imagining. But, we’ll get into that later.
I have been an online poker player since the days of Paradise Poker, and I started working in the online poker industry in 2005. In 2012 I started my employment at Ultimate Gaming as the Director of Game Operations. I was excited about the opportunity to help establish the first ever regulated online poker site in the United States. But, as we all now know, Ultimate put everyone on a permanent “vacation” in late 2014. It failed for a multitude of reasons that I may get into in a future article.
