Not many people knew you could get into that tournament that way. Viewing it on TV, not a lot of people knew about Texas Hold 'Em. It caught on and got real big.

They're starting to make programs that can show everyone your cards, if one guy's winning a whole lot get out of it.

I used to play real poker at least twice a week.

When I first started playing, I was playing all the time. You don't have to get a group of guys together, and there's always people to play online.

We have a lot of younger players at the club which is unusual in the Scrabble scene. We attract people from their mid-20s to eighties. Everyone, including the non-English speakers, likes the game and its social aspects.

The demand is higher at this point than people were expecting.