I came across this article about the recent popularization of poker:
Why are yuppies-in-the-making suddenly interested in poker, a game most of us grew up associating with either paneled basements and cheap cigars or Rococo Old West saloons filled with bolo-tied card sharps? The answer may be that the popular image of the game has undergone a subtle recasting – one with a great attraction to ironic youngsters like me who find in the game the same slightly glamorous, slightly seedy, go-getter spirit that characterized the Internet boom. It makes sense that today’s college-educated young adults, especially young men, choose poker. Strategy-oriented, individualistic and embedded in a nice masculine mythology, poker is the perfect game for the revenge-of-the-nerds generation looking to square their intelligence with their inner maleness.
Definately a lot of truths in this article. I got started on the poker around 1998 or so when some buddies of mine started having poker events every Sunday night. It was good times– typically we played “Dealers Choice” games while smoking cigars, drinking beer, and occasionally watching Rounders in the background. Once I moved to Boulder in 2000 that came to a halt for me, though I guess they still have some pretty big tournaments (it used to just be a handful of us).
Lately I’ve played more Texas Hold ‘Em as Jake has taken an active interest in it and has been having regular poker nights. Haven’t played since I picked-up the Z, but I feel like I need to take another crack at Cripple Creek soon to see how I do.
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