Poker Strategy
Online Poker
2006-05-04 09:07:55
At any given day at any time there are 100,000's of people playing online poker for real money. Playing online means your game is set up in a virtual environment but your opponents are real people. All that is needed to play is a computer and an internet connection.
Fast growth of internet poker
The number of people playing poker has increased more than 2000% the last years and there are no signs of a decline. The biggest factors behind the rise in poker's popularity are the televised poker shows and online poker player's success in big live tournaments, foremost the win of Chris Moneymaker who in the World Series of Poker main event after having qualified through an online satellite for only $39.
Online poker has several advantages, some of them being: accessibility 24/7, large variety of games, speedy game-play, possibility to play at multiple tables, lower rakes, no tip necessary, no time and money spent on travels, and a lot of games at micro-limits.
Some of the advantages in live play are that it's social, the game feeling is more genuine when holding real cards and playing against real opponents, and there's the possibility of reading your opponents at the table.
Learning poker is easy
Poker is a game that is easy to learn; there is only a small set of rules to get started. The short term luck factor is big enough that beginners can enjoy playing against experienced players, something that is not the case in a more 'rigid' game like chess. But this may also be deceptive game for beginning players. Poker is a skill game. The luck factor will even out over time.
In the end the best players will win the money. Will you be one of them?
