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Message: [QUOTE="DS3, post: 6733793, member: 407846"] An interesting post,[B] quick,[/B] but I think you have answered most of your own questions. I do not believe there will ever be another Moneymaker effect, because that moment, the particular set of circumstances have come and long since gone. I believe the interest in poker will ebb and flow but never explode again as it did after that WSOP. We have never crossed forum paths so to speak but your final paragraph hits the nail on the head, regarding a potential growth of poker. I have theorized several times the poker industry believes there are limits to the games expansion, a ceiling as such which is why they really do not put much effort into attempting to grow the game. They have decades of data regarding all aspects/habits of casino gambling and my view is they know there is a pie, it generally remains the same size, and if they can take their slice of that pie, they are fairly content. A few disrupters of sorts emerge, but they are mostly moving the deckchairs. PokerStars has faded as GG Poker emerged but I am not sure the global market is expanding as much as GG is poaching existing customers. All that said your point about PokerGo is perhaps the most relevant. I have posted several times concerning the short sighted nature of the WSOP selling their souls to PokerGo for short terms gains. When the WSOP live streamed to You Tube millions would watch from all around the world. That content remained on YouTube for anyone to watch at any time. When PokerGo took over the content including all historic coverage was removed and unless you subscribe that is now all off limits. A braindead business move - PokerGo having had zero input into the WSOP historic content. All anyone has to do is follow the European Tour or the Triton Series to see how many views they get through a series- millions by the time each tour stop finishes. But, they do not have the draw of the WSOP which could generate many, many millions more. However, that leads us back to the slice of the pie stuff. The WSOP retained, I assume, a share of profits without having the production headaches after rolling over for PokerGo. So though I do not believe the Moneymaker Effect will be repeated, the incremental year on year growth will be limited unless and until the WSOP is free for all to view once more. The WSOP was, and would remain the biggest single draw to poker that exists. The fact it is now behind a paywall but for a teaser dribble of content is ridiculous. [/QUOTE]

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