Poker Online

Poker online continues to grow at an astounding pace, and the number of internet poker rooms grows at a correspondingly rapid pace. This tremendous growth has been fueled at least in part by the World Series of Poker championship wins by both Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer, both of whom play poker online at Poker Stars.

Not only can a complete beginner learn the basics of how to play poker by playing in the free and low stakes games online, but more experienced players can get in many more hands per hour in an online setting than they ever could in a brick and mortar poker cardroom. These hands per hour translate into a surprising amount of poker experience compared to the amount of time actually spent playing.

And while poker is always poker, the online game has significant differences from traditional brick and mortar play.

Differences Between Online Poker and Traditional Poker

• Since you're not physically present in an online poker game, you don't give off as many physical tells. (Although your betting patterns might still say a lot, and your "chat" behavior might also be a tell.)
• You can play multiple tables online and get experience playing a lot of hands per hour, far more than you could ever play in a brick and mortar cardroom.
• Cashing in and cashing out online are not as simple as just walking up to the cashier and handing her money. But with options like Neteller available, it's pretty close.
• The availability of tournaments, especially qualifying tournaments to larger tournaments, is much greater in online poker

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