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Message: [QUOTE="RogueRivered, post: 2972877, member: 45593"] The only thing that makes poker work, like any sort of capitalist idea, be it the lottery, the casino, the horse races, the professional athlete, is the thought that you might just be the ONE. Why did it gain in popularity so fast when it did? Because people started to see relative nobodies winning millions of dollars. It's called "the Moneymaker Effect." As in Chris Moneymaker winning the Main Event from an online satellite. Of course, it was also important that poker started to be seen on TV. The invention of the pocket cam was instrumental. Nobody cared too much about watching people play a strategic game when they didn't understand what was going on. Selling poker as a strategic and challenging endeavor isn't going to bring in everyday Joe. I've always found it funny that when the lottery jackpot is in the multi-millions, people say, meh, why bother, but when it reaches new record heights, the same people will be standing in long lines to get their shot at it. Like they say, "oh, I don't care if I win 95 million dollars, but wow, if I can win 700 million or a billion, now it's worth playing. It's not very logical. Your odds don't go up. Same goes for starting a business. Most people need the profit incentive to go for it. And they'll sink lots of their own money into it while pursuing the dream. Can everyone make it? Of course, not. But it's the opportunity that's the most important thing. Kind of like the difference between communism and capitalism. When no one has any incentive to try to do things well, everyone suffers. One thing about freerolls is that there are always winners. These winners think, "hey, I'm pretty good and look at those other tournaments with big prizes. I need to get in those," so they deposit. And it's up to the poker rooms to keep the dream of the big payday alive. Without big incentive and promotion or exposure, no new blood will enter. People don't get too upset if they lose, as long as they still have the dream. [/QUOTE]

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