Is Covid-19 the end of live Poker

[MrPokerVerse]

Covid-19 isn't the end of anything but hopefully political discourse. People will be back to what ever they were doing before this, including live poker.

 

[Branimir84]

No. Why would you even ask that?

Perhaps it will make some poker players more aware of not touching their face while playing and so on etc. etc. because it is not hygienic (in general), but otherwise everything will settle back in.

 

[0546474]

Any disease (except death) is a temporary phenomenon !!! In the end, if it does not work out to create a vaccine in the near future, then in a couple of years, most of us will be ill and earn immunity to this disease !!!

 

[korneel]

unibet cancelled all their live open tournaments for this year.
So live poker will be something for late 2020 or 2021.

 

[nellorossi83]

Covid 19 is the end of PS Cardschat freeroll. Actually with 300 players I see a big Bingo tournament. It was wonderful before covid

 

[TCHUCO2005]

hi guys, i'm back, after mother's day, i wasn't able to post anything on the cards because she is completing a year of her death, and as a sign of respect i didn't participate.

 

[molokheia]

Hi There
Until we get a vaccine nothing will ever be the same
This lab virus will be around for some time
Lets hope for the best
Rgds

 

[yanslad]

I don't think so.. it's just a matter of time till it all settle and things come back to normality. Few months more and live poker will continue [emoji1320]

 

[fosa17]

Everything depends on us

 

[marcelo benavidez]

why? you could play at distance and with a new card, only that...

 

[PokerSki]

I think maybe they can make a vaccine

 

[Muzyka1996]

yes, he is out for some time, but will be restart later

 

[popstani]

Every thing will be back to normal, live poker as well. Maybe with masks and gloves, but it will be the same.

 

[bempassado]

Of course not, we must need to use gloves and masks and that's it !

 

[Serjo600]

In view of recent events, the series is very well spent online. It would be nice if the rooms held the wsop as part of a full line-up, and not just the NLH and PLO events

 

[oscarhuka]

the tables will not work again even if they want to invent protocols or prevention measures until there is no vaccine

 

[neptun1914]

I don't think that covid19 will be the end of online poker but it will cause serious shift in the balance between live and online poker. This crisis showed that big poker series that were considered possible only live can be performed online also which is cheaper for both players and sponsoring poker sites. I expect more and bigger online series to appear in future maybe even some using video conference with players narrowing the gap between live and online experience.

Big casinos in the world though and the poker games held there will definitely recover but it will take some time. Frankly speaking the hygiene in many casinos before this crisis was not spectacular. If in future we have live poker with bigger tables, more space between players and frequent sanitizing of chips, tables and chairs this will only make the game more comfortable. And if vaccine really happens soon in less than year this all will be just bad memory.

 

[edgarpm]

the covid 19 is the beginning for many and the end for some

 

[kandauroff]

everything will be as before, do not worry.

 

[COMIRRR]

Live poker will return to where it belongs. Solutions will be found, a vaccine will be found.

 

[javolk]

Why so? We will play in masks, it is even easier to keep emotions in check.

Hahahaha very good answer....

 

[Alex Sentsov]

I don't think so...everything passes - and Cavid-19 will pass...

 

[pokerdebit]

No It is not the end
Just a break that will last a couple of months, maybe years
Than it will be normal again

 

[Airles17]

Perhaps!
No vaccine, no live poker kk

 

[Deedgee]

In terms of the way that live poker has previously existed, I would say that, yes, it is the end for this era, and live poker will never be the same. I'm talking, specifically, about the handling of chips, handling chips without gloves, which has always been really barbaric and unhealthy and should have stopped a long time. If the pandemic has forced live players to wear gloves going forward, that is a positive development.