Poker Players: New Rock Stars?

Written by Nigel

I was browsing the web this morning and saw an article that made me think.  It was all about poker players being the rock stars of the modern age.  How true is this?  Here are some excerpts of the article, giving a checklist of what it takes to be a rock star and how poker players meet the criteria.

Money - check. Sure there are broke degenerates out there, and lots of them, but the top poker players are all ballin’ at a tremendous clip. The net worth of players like Phil Ivey and Barry Greenstein? Massive. Even if you take a step down and look at the top online players, you have at least a 100 with a net worth of over a million dollars. Not bad for sitting at your computer.

Cool life - you can’t really beat living in Vegas for two months in a house that looks like a castle, driving to the Rio for your $2k buyin tournament in your rented Benz, and then getting stoned when you get home and winning $40k online. That’s a pretty cool life if you ask me.

Jewelry - you seen the bling that Ivey, Antonius and Mizzi are sporting?

The Girls - in typical rock star style, you got ugly guys that are good at poker pulling down ridiculous girls that they would have no chance of getting if they were an insurance broker. Plus, you got groupies in poker too (see Brandi Hawbaker)

The Fancy Car - Check out the rides of Ivey, Antonius, Ozzy87 (online) or MuckEmSayUhhh (online). Sick.

The TV Time - make a final table at the World Series of Poker and you’ll get your face seen by millions of people on ESPN, no matter how ugly or unattractive you may be.

What do you think?  I tend to agree.