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Message: [QUOTE="redboy23, post: 6797916, member: 384323"] Hello Poker Fans, [ATTACH type="full" width="225px"]343902[/ATTACH] The "Moneymaker Effect" was very important to the game of poker, more so the story than the man, and goes hand in hand with the televising or coverage of the game of poker. Just like the head of the Gorgon, if is was not Chris Moneymaker, it would have been someone else! What's crucial to growing the game of poker, is that the masses get to see and read about the Cinderella stories poker has to offer and thanks to the internet and other mass media - it is happening. The beauty of the game is that, everyone has a chance of winning even though there is a vast difference in overall skill. Imagine the poetry that a professional player can bust out first or early, if the hand is tempting enough and lady luck smiles on the villain. Think about the message being sent out there when the cameras capture a casual player bluffing a professional out of a hand. Every poker player out there now believes within themselves "I can do this" - and that is powerful in and of itself. We are all at the mercy of the cards and held captive by our habits, tendencies and mental reasoning. More importantly, each person has a chance of winning the poker lottery! [ATTACH type="full"]343904[/ATTACH] The long and short of it is, assuming that the coverage of the game continued - poker would have been just fine without the victory of Chris Moneymaker - we would have just crowned another Cinderella Story and it would have been the "John Doe Effect"! . The wheels were already set in motion and could not be stopped. Poker is here to stay :D [/QUOTE]

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