Poker Upends “Britney Spears’ Boobs”

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On Wednesday, Lycos announced that “poker” took the top spot as the most searched-for term on the Internet last week. It is a sad day for Internet porn and celebrity cyber-stalking.

The article from PokerNews attributes the spike in interest to some combination of the World Series of Poker and the recent PartyGaming IPO capturing America’s fancy.Despite Gabe “Mr. Kotter” Kaplan’s near celebrity bracelet exacta in yesterday’s $5k Limit Hold ‘Em event, we’re pretty sure the World Series won’t capture America’s attention until ESPN gives it six weeks of Main Event coverage, undoubtedly crowning the Next Great American Schlub. And rest assured that we’re confident America isn’t foresaking searching for stray glimpses of Lindsey Lohan’s sideboob to learn about an IPO.We believe America wants to gamble. While the only people wringing their hands about the popularity decline of celebrity searches are likely to be Ted Casablanca and Tom Cruise’s publicist, those of us who are already wading in the waters of online poker should find cause to rejoice. Just make sure you keep a seat warm for us at the tables and don’t take all that new money coming in before we get there.

Poker Becomes Most Searched Word on the Web [Poker News]