Online Poker's Popularity Continues to Increase

Since online casinos have become increasingly popular for gamblers around the round, online poker has experienced a boom. In many ways, it has even replaced traditional poker.

Online, anyone can play. Young or old, male or female - it does not matter what you look like. It takes away from the social pressure involved in playing face-to-face with other opponents.

Annette "annette_15" Obrestad portrayed on the left is one of the most profitable online poker winners in recent years, and she is barely twenty now.

Annette_15 started to played online poker when she was fifteen (hence her nickname), using freerolls to build her bankroll.

Annette's meteoric rise to the top of the live poker scene (she won the first EPT) would not have been possible without online poker, as she was too young to play in live casinos.

She has been the winner of numerous online poker tournaments for huge prizes and very large fields of competitors, showing her talent. Her most astounding achievement to date was to win one online poker tournament by competing with 20,000 other players.

Online Poker Craze Explained

The recession offers a partial explanation to this online poker rage phenomenon. As more and more casino players are looking to reduce their spending, they are turning to more home-based forms of entertainment.

Therefore, online poker offers a great option to players who do not want to completely give up gambling, but want to save some money.

It is also becoming common knowledge that many traditional poker champions have got their start playing online. For example Tom Dwan, one of the highest-earning poker players in the world started playing online while he was earning money for college.

This has given poker players hope, that if they start online then they will have a better chance of being successful when they decide to make the move to traditional, face-to-face tournament; and it is true!

Online poker is a great way for novice poker players to practice without the distractions that are common in a land-based casino. Online casino games provide a great way to sharpen your poker skills.

The newest gaming revolution is mobile poker. If you have time to kill at the airport or in the subway, you can now play online poker on your mobile phone and many people love it.

Once you find the perfect online poker room, you simply register and start to play. Many online poker rooms such as Carbon Poker offer practice rooms and free trials.

Once you have mastered your game, you can move on to playing in online poker tournaments, the prizes of which are often so high they rival the prizes offered in the WSOP (World Series of Poker) prizes.