Few words about the online poker game

Many poker beginners are shy when playing online poker games in traditional brick and mortar casinos and are those people who are targeted by online poker portals. Hardly a month goes by without new online poker gaming portals being launched and it's not surprising when one observes that the income earned by these online poker houses increased from $ 82.7 million in 2001 to approximately $ 2.4 billion in 2005.

The main advantage for those who play on poker portals is the freedom of geographic links. As long as you have a PC connected to the Internet, you can participate in these online gaming rooms. Casino owners own most of the online portals. They don't want to promote poker in their traditional casinos due to high costs. Maintaining and running an daftar poker online terpercaya portal is relatively cheaper for them. If they wanted to add another table in their standard casinos, it would mean adding valuable real estate, but in online rooms all they need to do is make some modifications to the software.

Players also benefit a lot from online poker gambling portals, as the charges for playing there are much lower than participating in real ones. One can expect a bet as low as 2 cents in online lounges, and sometimes they can even find portals that do not charge entry fees. The owners of these portals do this to attract beginners to their site. Those interested in internet poker might be interested to know that the first free online poker was sometimes played in the late 1990s and was known as IRC poker (internet broadcast chat poker ).