Bridging the gap between adult industry and Poker world

It is undeniable that beer, Poker and sex always go together. So naturally, people who are keen on playingOnline Poker also looks for a website that caters than can be partnered with their internet Poker gaming.

NakedPoker.com, which launched on July 7, joins a small but expanding family of a new type of Online Poker site, one that mashes sex and Poker together into one pulsation package. Instead of brilliant middle-aged men wearing golf shirts, these sites feature topless women in high heels. Instead of tons of pages dedicated to Poker strategy articles, these sites feature high-resolution galleries of hot babes in bikinis, hot babes in unbuttoned shirts, hot babes lying on Poker tables, and hot babes doing what hot babes do best: look hot.

"We do not consider ourselves as part of the adult industry; we just recognize that adult males like to look at pretty females," said Michael Erstling, marketing director for NakedPoker.com. "And they also like to play Poker."

The Poker Players Alliance, the grassroots organization that is working to keep Online Poker legal, estimates that more than 70 million Americans play Poker, and about 5 million of them play online. Last year, more than $60 billion was wagered on Poker sites worldwide, with close to 90 percent of that coming from players in the U.S. Online adult entertainment sites have had similar success. Top Ten Reviews, an online research site, states that last year, 72 million unique visitors visited pornographic websites, and that adult-oriented Internet sites generated $57 billion worldwide ($12 billion from the U.S.). With more than $60 billion spent on porn and poker by Americans, it's no wonder more and more Poker-nudie sites are springing up.

Of course, one way to make sure money is on your way is to create needs and this is what Nakedpoker.com is doing creating the need for an adult Poker site.

Pamela Anderson and Doyle Brunson chose the day before the start of the World Series of Poker main event to announce the launch of their new venture, Pamela'sPoker. Entertainment Tonight showed up at the press conference, and Pamela wore white (and a see-through top) to her "wedding" with Doyle. The room was packed with national media who couldn't get enough of it. Pamela's site is a skin of DoylesRoom.com, and includes a massive gallery of seminude Pam photos.

NakedPoker.com is going to be the site to watch, just to see how far players want to go with mixing sex and Poker. Since it's brand-new, the direction the site takes and how it will change and evolve will be determined by its current users. Right now, the site leans toward the soft-core side, what Erstling calls "tasteful." The site's still loaded with women. The welcome page features 14 itself, but they are positioned in ways in which all of the erotic body parts are covered. Not one nipple can be found on the site, but this will probably change, because NakedPoker.com will take on the shape that its players want it to take. Every so often, NakedPoker.com sends a questionnaire to its customer base, and if the players want to see absolutely naked women, there's space to write that down. If enough real-money players want something, that's how it's going to be. Every NakedPoker.com player who returns a survey receives an extra $10 in his account.

So there. This just might be a useful tip to those who are thinking of launching a new website. Instead of Poker articles or a Poker Review site, why not try this kind of site. For sure it is gonna be a hit.