have you ever played? its really fun to have a game over just for a few bucks, and once you get into it you'l understand how sick it is to watch good players.
i hate how ive been playing hold em and 7 card stud and omaha for like 5 years and now everyone is getting into it like the last two years like its "their thing"
i've been playing for about the same time, but back then, i couldn't get a game together to save my life. now, i make 3 calls and there will be a tourney within a half-hour. don't complain, it brings more fresh meat to the table.
Pokers fucking awsome, but I can see how people get annoyed by the craze. Watching poker on the tv is like watching golf, you have to play it to enjoy watching it.
Also games are a hell of a lot easier to get together now, but the craze is dying out which is nice.
its not as bad as two years ago when moneymaker won and they had the countdown on the bottom line of espn and espn2 showed poker 18 hours a day no matter what.