The pots will continue to grow, but in a smaller grade than they do now. If poker itself survives will depend on the invention of profitable poker bots. Once there are bots around beating NL1k, poker will share the destiny of chess or backgammon.

Poker Bots. Most power users already have computer systems that can process tens of millions of hands per second, so by following Moore's law in 10 years we should have desktop computer systems that can process upwards of 1 billion hands per second. With profiling data getting easier and easier to obtain online it won't take long for bots to start dominating all but the highest limits and most advanced players.

It's all about the fish. Even great bots can't make a game unprofitable if there is a fish in it. The high stakes action (nl2k+) is pretty dry already, cause there is hardly any fish. So it basically comes down to how much money is coming into the poker economy from recreational players.. in 10 years probably not that much anymore, so not much games going.

UIGEA will eventually be overturned and this will add $1 billion to the poker economy in short order.

Get your multi-tabling skills ready....:)