Unscientific Polling
An archive of Pokerati poll questions from the past:
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Stealing content directly and fully, but giving credit and a link to the source?
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Rewriting someone else’s content and passing it off as your own?
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Finding something on a poker blog, half-rewriting it, then searching for anywhere else that had something vaguely about it so you can avoid giving credit and/or a link to the original source.
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Dude, get over yourself! You “ethical” bloggers are always bitchin’ about something.
Total Votes: 0
Started: July 1, 2010
- Fueled by broke poker players, free tourneys played for T-shirts will become all the rage.
- Online poker gets the regulation it seeks signed into law by Obama.
- Federal goons launch raids on American-friendly online poker operations.
- NLH/PLO cash games become all the rage.
- Isildur2 emerges, rumored to be a bot.
- Record field sizes/prize pools at the WSOP.
Total Votes: 0
Started: January 3, 2010
- Free tourneys played for T-shirts become all the rage.
- Phil Ivey revealed to be god himself1
- Online poker regulation signed into law.
- Feds raid American-friendly online poker operations.
- NLH/PLO cash games become all the rage.
- Isildur2 rumored to be a bot.
- Record field sizes at the WSOP.
- Phil Ivey asks not to be called the "Tiger Woods of Poker"1
- Clonie continues to welch on debts and steal from businesses1
Total Votes: 153
Started: January 3, 2010
1 = Added by a guest
* VOTE for real HERE: http://tinyurl.com/y87uqph
- Wicked Chops Poker
- Tao of Poker
- Poker News Daily
- Pokerati
- It was gonna be you guys, but now I’m tired of clicking
Total Votes: 94
Started: December 14, 2009
- Venetian
- Commerce
- Borgata
- Bellagio
- WSOP
- Caesars
- Binions1
- WSOP Circuit’s in Chicago and New Orleans1
Total Votes: 195
Started: November 23, 2009
1 = Added by a guest
- More strategy posts
- Fewer videos
- More online poker site shilling
- Bring back the cartoons!
- Nothing; all is perfect as-is
- Soccer coverage
- Dan get a job
Total Votes: 1
Started: November 21, 2009
- Win – UIGEA-repeal bill makes it through Congress, signed into law
- Lose – Dec. 1 deadline passes with no delay, American players (and American-friendly sites) royally fucked
- Draw – Government OK’s delay, business as usual
- Draw – No delay, business as usual1
- The PPA is a useless waste of time and money. 1
Total Votes: 122
Started: November 13, 2009
1 = Added by a guest
- Win – UIGEA-repeal bill makes it through Congress, signed into law
- Lose – Dec. 1 deadline passes with no delay, American players (and American-friendly sites) royally fucked
- Draw – Government OK’s delay, business as usual
Total Votes: 1
Started: November 13, 2009
- >10 hands but < 2 hours
- 1 hand
- 2-10 hands
- 2-4 hours
- >four hours
- record length 7+ hours
Total Votes: 24
Started: November 9, 2009
- Antoine Saout
- James Akenhead
- Kevin Schaffel
- Darvin Moon
- Phil Ivey
- Jeff Shulman
- Joe Cada
- Eric Buchman
- Steve Begleiter
Total Votes: 284
Started: October 27, 2009
- @TexDolly
- @Erik_Seidel
- @Phil_Hellmuth
- @RealKidPoker
- @howardhlederer
- @JoeSebok
- @RealAnnieDuke
- @JeffreyPollack
- @TaoPauly
- @MarcelLuske1
- @annette_151
- @NavarroTells1
- @pokerati1
- @VanessaRoussso1
- @cakepoker1
- @Andy_Bloch1
- @robertgoldfarb1
- @victoriacoren1
- @_manub_ 1
- @CrocMonsieur1
- @BenjoDimeo1
- @ESPN_Poker1
Total Votes: 587
Started: October 10, 2009
1 = Added by a guest
- Phil Ivey and the other guys
- All 9 — what, you can’t?
- 7-8
- 5-6
- Barry Shulman and Daniel Negreanu
- < 5
- Peter Eastgate, Jerry Yang, Jamie Gold1
Total Votes: 114
Started: October 5, 2009
1 = Added by a guest
- PokerPages
- Hendon Mob
- Bluff
- CardPlayer
- PokerListings
- opr1
Total Votes: 92
Started: September 19, 2009
1 = Added by a guest
- WSOP-Europe Main Event Final Table
- Annie Duke on Celebrity Apprentice (Season Premiere)
- WPT Season 7 Episode
- High Stakes Poker (Season 5 Premiere)
- TV Is Stupid
- New Episodes of When Animals Strike
- Brothers & Sisters1
- The Girls Next Door (Season Finale)1
Total Votes: 107
Started: February 24, 2009
1 = Added by a guest
- Less often — I just don’t have the extra cash to risk on a flush draw.
- More seriously than before — seems a better way to make money than at an actual job.
- At a lower buy-in level than before.
- No differently than before — poker is recession-proof.
Total Votes: 133
Started: February 8, 2009
- WSOP $50K HORSE
- WSOP Main Event
- WPT Championship
- WCOOP Main Event
- NBC $25k Heads-up Championship
- EPT Monte Carlo
- WSOP $10k PLO
- PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
- None of the Above1
- $40k WSOP NLH1
- LA Poker Classic Main Event1
Total Votes: 123
Started: January 25, 2009
1 = Added by a guest
- WSOP/Harrah’s
- PokerStars (incl. EPT, APPT, LAPT, etc.)
- The Kahnawake
- The PPA
- Bloggers (Pauly, Wicked Chops, Nat Arem, et al.)
- Forums (2+2, Neverwin, et al.)
- Bluff Media
- PokerNews
- Non-Poker Media (60 Min, Post, NYT, etc.)
- TV Networks (ESPN, GSN, NBC, et al.)
- US Government (DOJ, Congress, Kentucky, etc.)
- AP/UB/Cereus
- Russian Mob1
- The Pokerati Team1
- The Batfaces1
- shronk1
- Pokerspace1
Total Votes: 199
Started: December 19, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- Phil Hellmuth
- Jeffrey Pollack
- Barney Frank
- John Pappas
- Jerry Yang
- Henry Orenstein
- Russ Hamilton
- Joe Norton
- Howard Lederer
- Daniel Negreanu
- Tony G.
- Annie Duke
- Sheldon Adelson
- None of the above1
- Brian Balsbaugh1
- Dan M1
- Russ Hamilton1
Total Votes: 156
Started: December 5, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- Hurt poker’s chances in US Congress
- Bring lots of new/dead money into the game
- Be “good for poker”
- Make the whole poker industry look bad
- Spur widespread support for pending pro-poker bills
- Spur a crackdown on all online poker
Total Votes: 49
Started: November 26, 2008
- Daniel Negreanu
- Phil Hellmuth
- Doyle Brunson
- Brian Townsend
- Shane Schleger – Shaniac
- Ben Grundy – MilkyBarKid
- Dutch Boyd
- Eric “Rizen” Lynch
- Barry Greenstein — Bear Blog(s)
- Bill Chen
- Jeff Madsen
- Sorel Mizzi – Imper1um
- Annie Duke
- Shannon Shorr1
- Liz Lieu1
- pokergrump1
- Annette Obrestad1
- Tao of Poker1
Total Votes: 235
Started: November 7, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- Barack Obama
- John McCain
- Bob Barr
- Write-in: Hillary Clinton
- Other
- Yeah, right, like I’m gonna vote!
- Undecided
- Ron Paul1
- VPILF1
- DanM1
- Tom Schneider1
- Chuck Baldwin1
- Sick of this. Need a new poll1
- Holy Fuck! They are all a bunch of douchebags!!1
Total Votes: 274
Started: September 10, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- The Venetian
- The Wynn
- Bellagio
- The Orleans
- Binion’s
- Red Rock
- MGM
- Caesar’s Palace
- The Mirage
- Hard Rock
- Mandalay Bay
- Golden Nugget
- South Point
- The Rio
- TI1
- P-Ho1
- Hooters1
- I prefer Winstar1
Total Votes: 141
Started: August 25, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- Bigger than ’08, but still smaller than ’06
- Biggest in history, but not by much
- Superhuge 10,000+
- Smaller than ’08, closer to ’05
- Way-way smaller
- About the same, ±100
- 9,0001
Total Votes: 68
Started: August 8, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- Hell yeah!
- No way!
- Hard to say.
- They all cheat, so what’s the difference?1
- Only if they were really nice to me; like they were to Tiffany.1
- Short-term no, long-term yes1
Total Votes: 50
Started: August 4, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- A woman
- A European
- A blogger
- A non-poker-pro celebrity
- A high-stakes online baller
- An Asian
- Someone under age 27
- An average middle-aged white American male
- A lawyer
- Tony G
- A Las Vegas/California pro
- Jerry Yang1
- A Texan
- A Jew
- A New Yorker
- God with the help from another one of his followers.1
- The Big Randy1
- A bald guy1
- The guy who wins the last hand1
- Annette Obrestad1
- Not Randy1
- Jeff "ThaPnsPumper" Rogan1
Total Votes: 229
Started: July 5, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- ESPN Poker Club
- Bluff Magazine
- Official WSOP Website
- PokerNews
- The Batfaces
- Wicked Chops
- LasVegasVegas
- CardPlayer
- Tao of Poker
- Wise Hand Poker
- PokerPages
- PokerListings
- Neverwin Poker
- PokerWorks
- 2+21
- PokerRoad1
- Holdem Radio1
- PokerWorldAsia1
Total Votes: 194
Started: June 27, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- Table Talk — players discussing a hand (even at a whisper) that is still in play
- Slow Rolling
- Foul Language
- Dirty Fingernails
- Exasperated dealers passive-aggressively whining for tips
- Loud brash New Yorkers telling you how poker and the world really works
- Loud drawling Texans telling you how poker and the world really works
- iPod people
- Phil Hellmuth1
- Donkeys/Celeste1
- Dan’s bald spot1
Total Votes: 133
Started: June 18, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- Online superpro wins a bracelet
- Second woman wins a bracelet
- Scandi wins a bracelet
- Well-known pro gets busted for cheating
- Phil Ivey wins bracelet/prop bet
- Wardrobe malfucntion/prop bet on a televised final table
- Dan gets laid.1
- Player gets herpes from Bodog stick-on poker logo.1
Total Votes: 23
Started: June 16, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- Fewer than 5,000
- 5,000 – 7,999
- 8,000 – 9,999
- 10,000+
- 121
- Go Batfaces!1
Total Votes: 149
Started: May 28, 2008
1 = Added by a guest
- None. Poker will have gone the way of Alf.
- Way less. The WSOP, maybe the heads-up championship or Poker after Dark and one other.
- About the same. Some shows will disappear and new ones will pop up to take their place.
- Way more. Dedicated poker channel and weekly semi-live coverage, like golf, Nascar, and professional wrestling!
- Time buy only. Online poker room infomercials.
- Dude, you’re totally forgetting Europe, where it’s all over the tele.
Total Votes: 92
Started: May 16, 2008
- Fewer than 20
- Like 50-75ish
- A couple hundred
- Dude, way more than that — you’re forgetting about all the online studs
Total Votes: 76
Started: April 29, 2008
- “It Feels Good to Run Good”
- “Tight is Wrong!”
- “2008: The Year of Going Somewhere Else”
- “2008: Recession = Poker”
- “Sucking out Is for Suckers”
Total Votes: 1
Started: January 7, 2008
- Tournament Fishing
- Soccer
- Cooking / Food
- Tournament Blackjack
- Energy Drinks (are)
- World of Warcraft
- UFC / MMA
- Bowling
- Sodoku
- Lime Tossing1
- backgammon1
- Rock Band1
- Knitting1
- Rodeo1
Total Votes: 85
Started: December 2, 2007
1 = Added by a guest
- Mike Sexton
- Annie Duke
- Doyle Brunson
- Jeffrey Pollack
- Barry Shulman
- Howard Lederer
- Greg Raymer
- Marcel Luske
- Jerry Yang
- Linda Johnson
- Jesse Jones
- Jamie Gold1
- Tiny B.1
- Annette Obrestad1
- Tom Schneider1
- Mike Matusow1
- Jerry Jones1
- Barry Greenstein
Total Votes: 113
Started: November 16, 2007
1 = Added by a guest
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Beyond the Table
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Rounders, The Poker Show
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The Poker Edge (ESPN)
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Poker Psychology (w/ Alan Schoonmaker)
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Ante Up!
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Keep Flopping Aces (w/ Lou Kreiger)
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The Mouthpiece (w/ Mike Matusow)
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Pocket Fives Podcast
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Joe Average Poker
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They are all beautiful in their own right and merit the occasional but not regular listen
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Yeah, right, as if I have the time or inclination to listen to a stupid “podcast;” they all kinda suck
- I haven’t heard of any of these shows
- Poker Wire Radio1
- Wise Hand Poker
Total Votes: 194
Started: October 2, 2007
1 = Added by a guest
- CardPlayer
- Bluff / ESPN
- PokerPages
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Like I even care
Total Votes: 38
Started: September 12, 2007
NOTE: Not sayin’ anyone’s gonna listen, but just pretend somebody cares … What would be most beloved?
- Chip Counts
- Winners’ pics
- Links to Myspace pages
- Bankroll graphs
- Piss tales
- Thong pics
- Links to Pauly
- Updates on “unknown” players
- Daily video recaps
- Watching Jamie Gold get knocked out on the first day
Total Votes: 54
Started: May 21, 2007
- Dan’s lessons from the low stakes tables
- “War on Poker” and “Poker Law Review” stuff
- Coverage of local players
- Beyond the Table and other podcasts
- Pokerati Polling
- Pictures of Michele
- the stupid comments
- all of the above
- none of the above
- Tom’s tales from the circuit
Total Votes: 0
Started: May 6, 2007
- 2,000
- 5,000
- 8,000
- 10,000
- 15,000
- 20,000
- more
- none
Total Votes: 114
Started: March 29, 2007
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
- Ireland
- Canada
- Scandinavia
- the Orient
- Italy
- Eastern Europe
- the Middle East
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Texas
Total Votes: 44
Started: March 21, 2007
- 1 year — bill passes smoothly in 2007, goes into effect in 2008
- 2 years — will take a special session of the Lege to make this happen
- 3 years — second regular go-round is the charm
- 5-9 years — sorry dudes, but we’re talking about a long-term process here
- 10+ years — not until one generation of leaders starts to die off and another one steps in
- Never — being opposed to gambling is inherent to the Texas soul
Total Votes: 62
Started: March 7, 2007
- Gabe Kaplan
- AJ Benza
- Howard Lederer
- Phil Gordon
- Mike Sexton
- Kenna James
- Jesse May
- Vince Van Patten
- Norman Chad
- Lon McEachern
- Robert Williamson
- Kennedy
- Chad Brown
- Ali Nejad
Total Votes: 167
Started: February 15, 2007
- less than 1 year
- 1-2 years
- 3 years
- closer to 10 years
- too early to tell
- never
Total Votes: 57
Started: February 1, 2007
- Amateur / Micro-limits
- Low-stakes real action (e.g. 1/2 NL, $50-200 tourneys)
- Medium stakes … crazy 2/5′s, 5/10′s, “small” events at major tourneys, etc.
- High stakes / Semi-pro — comfortable up against five-figure stacks and have experienced bad beats the size of a small car
- Professional
- This site’s about poker? I was looking for porn!
Total Votes: 96
Started: January 9, 2007
- Just pay the fine and be done with it.
- Plead not guilty and insist on a jury trial.
- Plea bargain down to the best deal for me and my family.
- Declare “not paying” and flee to Costa Rica if necessary.
- finger dan…as the kingpin1
- you said finger dan1
- Call Sang to bail me out1
Total Votes: 91
Started: December 2, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- Have not played any online poker at all
- Play a little, but not nearly as much as before.
- Play about the same as before, just on different sites
- Have switched to online horse racing / Lotto
- Have said “fuck it” and now engage in illegal online sports betting as well
- Have eaten out a stripper1
- Played more than usual to grind out the deposit bonus from moving all the money to a site still accepting US players1
- Still playing at Bodog who loves US players.1
- Play more now at illegal cardrooms1
- Still playing at UltimateBet, as always1
Total Votes: 152
Started: November 11, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- < 1,500
- 1,900-ish
- definitely not more than 2,576
- somewhere between Fossilman and Hachem
- > 5,620
- > 8,773
- 10,000 +
- pre-Moneymaker
Total Votes: 86
Started: October 25, 2006
- Remove all money from my online poker accounts immediately.
- Keep playing like usual, at least until my ISP stops me.
- Write to the government begging for forgiveness.
- Do as much research as possible on potential back alleys and loopholes, then open one up in an attempt to criminally profit.
- Declare recent developments as proof that online poker is rigged.
- Move.
- Play only at legal brick and mortar casinos.
- Gay porn.
- Let Como do all my gambling for me in Vegas.1
Total Votes: 136
Started: October 3, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- PartyPoker
- PokerStars
- Full Tilt
- Titan Poker
- Hollywood Poker
- Paradise Poker
- Mansion Poker
- Bodog
- PokerRoom
- Doyle’s Room
- Absolute Poker
- YOWER.COM1
- TryToPlayPokerAsGoodAsComo.com1
- www.hai2u.com1
- ultimatebet1
Total Votes: 106
Started: September 13, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- the PGA
- NASCAR
- Professional Wrestling
- The Price Is Right
- X-Games
- Some of the Above
- All of the Above
- None of the Above
- The Freeze1
- The Color of Money1
Total Votes: 86
Started: August 5, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- Thank Jesus for saving me from the moral ills of online gambling that would’ve ultimately sent me to Hell.
- Never play more than two sit-n-gos at a time.
- Move to Canda.
- Rise up, and revolt!
- Cry.
- Wait, isn’t online poker already illegal?
- Visit OK/LA more often.1
- play in the thriving dallas underground1
- uhm… just keep playing online as usual?1
- Surf porn while not playing online.1
Total Votes: 130
Started: July 27, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- The WSOP (ESPN)
- World Poker Tour (Travel Channel)
- Learn from the Pros (FSN)
- Poker Dome Challenge(FSN)
- High Stakes Poker (GSN)
- Poker SuperStars (FSN)
- Celebrity Poker Showdown (Bravo)
- Poker Royale (GSN)
- Inside Poker (FSN)
- Heads-up Poker (NBC)
- World Series of Darts (ESPN)1
- Professional Poker Tour (Travel Channel)
- Poker Like You Love Her (Spice 2)1
Total Votes: 74
Started: July 19, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- Out in the first level.
- Out shortly after antes come into play.
- Until day 2.
- Until he gets the Hammer in the face of an all-in reraise and a call.
- On or near the bubble.
- He will make it to the (good) money.
- First Batface to win a bracelet.
- I don’t care how far he gets as long as I get a pic of Jennifer Tilly!1
Total Votes: 12
Started: July 18, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- a bona fide legend
- a decorated “young gun” (David Williams, Josh Arieh, Scott Fischman, et al)
- an “unknown”
- a woman
- someone who has never won a bracelet
- Freeze1
Total Votes: 19
Started: July 13, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- A little happy
- Sad (for Phil)
- Sad (for Poker)
- poll_vote1
- tongue Misti1
Total Votes: 31
Started: July 9, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- Tao of Poker (Pauly)
- PokerStars Blog (Otis)
- BJ Nemeth
- Breakfast Club Poker (Amy Calistri & Jen Leo)
- Wicked Chops Poker
- Neverwin Poker
- Pokerati
- PartyPoker Blog (DanM)
- Las Vegas Vegas (PokerProf and FlipChip)
- CardPlayer (Barry Shulman)
- CC Explore
- The Batfaces
- Dutch Boyd
Total Votes: 38
Started: June 30, 2006
- Clonie Gowen
- Webber Kang
- Greg Merkow
- Scott Levy
- The Big Randy
- T.J. Cloutier
- David Williams
- Robert Williamson, III
- Tex Barch
- “Ricky Zilem”
- Freeze1
- Kido Pham1
- Dan Michalski1
- Steve Carter1
- Rodeen Talebi
Total Votes: 94
Started: June 27, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- Three Kings Poker1
- The Room
- DTD
- Carroussel
- Third Pair
- The Lounge
- North Dallas Cardroom
- Dallas Players Club
- Top Shelf
- Aces
- United Room
- Jackie’s
- The Muirfield
- Platinum Room
- after Rounders event game1
Total Votes: 97
Started: June 21, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008-2010
- 2011-2020
- none of the above1
- Go Batfaces!!!1
Total Votes: 28
Started: June 18, 2006
1 = Added by a guest
