Was there ever live poker before the internet?

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You guys would think with all these "they sky is falling" posts on all these forums that people would get a clue.

People need to realize, live poker was around long before internet poker was. Internet poker just opened more people up to poker, as did casinos, and televised poker. Brick and mortar poker will do fine. People are still going to go on vacation, they are still going to play home games and want that "Vegas" feel, and they will still go to the casinos and play that "new fangled game" called poker.

I just dont see live poker being hurt, only helped. So what, there are more good players coming into the live games. That only means more games, more players, more money out there to play with/for. And, btw, low limit games will always be around because pros dont even bother trying to grind out a living playing 2/4 and 3/6. So in reality, most of the games everyone is getting worried about, are the ones that pros don't touch to begin with.

On a side note. Lots of these online pros are going to have to get real jobs when they realize they can't multi table 5/10 limit holdem in a casino and actually make a living doing it. Also, quite a few of them don't even live near casinos, this is just one reason they play online.