THE BIGGEST POKER CHANGES DURING THE LAST DECADE II

From all the changes experienced in the poker world during the last decade mentioned in the previous entries of this blog, without any doubt, the biggest transformation of all was the incredible development of online poker rooms.

During the year 2.000 the number of online poker rooms was very limited and the number of registered players was really low. However, during this decade, the number of online poker sites has not stopped increasing as well as the number of online players.

Moreover, its influence in the poker world can be seen on the fact that many of the best world known poker players have came from the online world and furthermore those sites have also facilitated the access to the biggest live poker tournaments to so many players.

THE BIGGEST POKER CHANGES DURING THE LAST DECADE II

Without any doubt, one of the more important changes occurred in the poker world during the last decade was the celebration of important poker tournaments outside North America, which had been the center of all important poker events until a few years ago. Maybe the more emblematic example has been the European WSOP which has been taking place in London during the last years.

Apart from this novelty, another important change in the poker world has been the fact that the media has started to pay a lot of attention to this game, which made possible that the main poker competitions are being watched by an incredible number of viewers. Apart from the broadcast of the main poker events, many poker shows have been created expressly to be retransmitted.

THE BIGGEST POKER CHANGES DURING THE LAST DECADE

During this last decade, the poker world has suffered an incredible transformation, as not only the reputation of the game improved a lot, but the number of players also increased more than ever, reaching numbers that no one would have expected 10 years ago.

Therefore, it is not surprising that one of the biggest changes experienced by this industry was the increase in the number of poker room, at both land based casinos and online platforms.

Other incredible change has been the increasing number of players that are taking part at the big live poker tournaments, as for instance the WSOP. But even more surprising is the fact that every year a bigger number of amateur players try their luck, obtaining great results in some cases. The reason that explains this phenomenon is without any doubt the multiple satellite tournaments organized at the online poker rooms, which make the big live tournaments more accessible than ever before.

And lastly, other novelty during the last decade was the increasing number of young people that started to play poker and become really good at this cards games, which once again can be explained due to the development of online poker rooms.