Poker News: Naked truth about poker players revealed

Friday, February 10, 2006

Naked truth about poker players revealed

Survey opens up the secret world of the poker player - they play nude but are conservative, they prefer poker to sex and they bluff in the real world too.

'Poker 2006: The State of Play' - a comprehensive survey published today by Paddy Power Poker delves deep into the hearts and minds of British and Irish poker players and finds that:

- 55% of all poker players have played the game naked or in their underwear.
- 63% would rather play poker than have sex.
- 13% have injured themselves playing poker.
- 33% would stake their partner in a $1 million game.
- 37% have told little white lies in order to play poker.
- 71% have wanted to destroy their computers after a 'bad beat'.
- 81% believe poker is a game of skill.
- 38% play poker every day.
- 37% think Gerry Adams would make the best poker player amongst British and Irish politicians.

The survey of over 500 poker players across Ireland and Britain also found that most poker players in Ireland will vote for Fianna Fail in the next general election while most players in the UK intend to vote Conservative.

When asked who would win a game of poker between George W. Bush, Osama Bin Laden, Tony Blair, Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Il and Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro was voted the clear champ.

Given the choice of playing a game of poker with a historical figure, Elvis narrowly won out over gunslinger and poker legend Wild Bill Hickok. Almost as many people wanted to play with Hitler as Jesus.

Paddy Power Poker sponsors the Irish Open - the longest established poker tournament in Europe and the Grand Slam, an innovative European team poker event televised on Sky Sports in March 2006.

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