Why is Poker On TV So Mesmerizing?

I can seem to figure it out. I mean baseball is boring to watch on TV, Tennis sucks too. Even some football and Soccer gains are like watching paint dry.

But every time I walk by a TV with ANYthing poker on it, I stop dead in my tracks. Whether its some charity poker crap or WPT finals, I stuck there watching.

It’s really confusing, its not like Phil Helmuth is very charasmatic in any way, or that the majority of pro poker players are great to look at…If you put some WPT tour members in a police lineup with a NASA scientist, a math teacher and a meter maid, there’s no way I could tell any of them apart.

So this begs the question – Why do I LOVE watching it?

Pretty soon, I’ll have to sell my TV, and never go into Best Buy again.