12 Quotes by Peter Marcus

The only way most people can play poker right now is either online or in a cushy casino where you sit in comfortable chairs and people fetch drinks for you. We want to put poker players in intense conditions to see how they perform.

Poker is an endurance sport and we have just made it harder, no one can doubt that playing poker in subzero temperatures, with very little light, requires the utmost concentration, patience and mental stamina.

Only the Justice Department believes online gambling is illegal.

I find it very strange that a country that so much believes in freedom of expression has a problem with (Internet gambling),

We haven't seen anything from them yet. We're not really expecting anything either. This is an election year in the U.S. The world has to appreciate it.

Two to three years ago there were early adopters gambling on the Internet, ... Today it's the mass market. The public wants to know that they're putting their money into something trustworthy.

We wanted to come up with something that really showed what we're all about.

It's a lot easier to follow electronic money than cash, ... I can follow every transaction and when it was made.

It will be interesting to see what's more important to the players: chip stacks or comfort level. There's a lot more strategy in Extreme Poker than in a normal tournament.