Visiting PADDY Power Poker Once Again

Although it may be true that InfoPowa has already reported on the esasy going Paddy Power poker study, "Poker 2006 - The State of Play" which was conducted sometime earlier this year, it is well known that the devil is in the details, so here are just a few more of the amusing facts:

With characteristic Gaelic persuasiveness, Paddy Power Poker has said that it went deep into the hearts, minds and souls of British and Irish poker playing public to learn that:

•that as many as 55% of all poker players surveyed report having played the game, hopefully online, naked or in their underwear!
•an amazing 63% of those polled report that they would actually rather play poker than have sex.
•unbelievably 13% have actually injured themselves while playing poker online.(amazing hey?)
• in a $1 million game, 33% have reported that they would actually stake their partner.
• in order to play poker, 37% have told little white lies ("Just taking a few moments to took care of the accounts on the Internet, dear").
• following a ‘bad beat’, 71% have reported wanting to destroy their computers.
•of those surveyed, 81% say that they believe that poker is simply a game of skill.
•of all of those covered in the survey, 38% say that they play poker every day.

The survey was carried out in Ireland and Britain and includes over 500 poker players.  The survey found that the majority of poker players in Ireland intend to vote for Fianna Fail in the upcoming general election. Of those surveyed in the UK most of those who responded say that to intend to vote Conservative.

A fun question was asked as to who might win in a competition involving, George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Saddam Hussein,Osama Bin Laden, Fidel Castro, and Kim Jong I'll. Fidel Castro came out the clear winner.

Respondents were asked who they would choose if they were allowed to play with some historic figure. In the end it was Elvis the Pelvis who narrowly beat out gun slinger and poker legend Wild Bill Hickok. An amazing result was that the number of those wanting to play with Jesus was almost the same as those wanting to play with Hitler.

The report, may be downloaded at Paddypowerpoker.com where it is published as a full colour, six pages PDF document.

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