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Friday, May 06, 2005
Playing Poker Online
Pokers popularity continues to skyrocket. The continued television coverage of High Stakes Poker tournaments continues to fuel the fires of desire for many players who dream of being the next millin dollar winner. Five years ago if someone told you a National Television Network would broadcast a Poker tournament opposite the Superbowl pregame show you would probably laugh at the ludicrous idea. But this year NBC did just that and the ratings were astronomical. Poker has become that big and the urge to play casino style poker is growing for many kitchen table players. Millions of players who may have only played in home games are flocking to the casinos and Poker rooms across the country to try their hand at live poker. Many more are getting their first live poker experience online. Online poker has become very popular and since Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker after gaining entry from playing in a satellite at an online Poker site, the number of online players has skyrocketed. This growth in online play is world wide. In the Poker Britain Report (see link in sidebar) it was reported that thirteen million adults have played poker in one form or another and 2.9 million have already or are interested in playing online. In a country of 60 million this is a large percentage. Although there has no similar survey in the United States, given the population of the country one can only imagine that the number of online Poker players is huge and there is no question that this number is growing. There are a number of reputable online sites that are now catering to millions of players every day. Several years ago I was a little leery about playing online and suggested you limit online play to practice in the free games. I still suggest that all new players get some free practice before putting their money at risk in a live game; however my views online poker has changed. After some research and some actual play over the last two years I am now convinced that it is safe secure and a great alternative for many players who are not able to make a trip to a cardroom without traveling long miles to play poker for a few hours.
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