Reasons of Internet Poker being worse or better

Reasons Why online poker is worse :

#1 : Where did the Tells go ?
#2 : Can't Spend the Money Immediately.

Reasons Why internet poker is better :

#1 : Always a Game

#2 : Play against opponents you'd seldom or never meet in person

#3 : Take a quick Five-Minute Break to Play poker

#4 : Great practice for those new to poker

#5 : No need to dress up or groom

#6 : Heads-up challenges

#7 : More poker hands per hour

#8 : Play two or more games at once

#9 : Pre-select buttons

#10: The Shuffle

#11: Rakes are actually less

#12: No Tipping

#13: Poker clock

#14: With more hands your results will even out more quickly

#15: Tournaments on Demand

#16: More comfortable than at a crowded poker table

#17: Small-Limit games that are un-economical in the real world poker

#18: Free Poker Games for practice

#19: High percentage of real-world tournament players who qualified online

#20: Optional Four-color decks

#21: Poker Software lets you know when it's your turn

#22: No social stigma about leaving a game early with your winnings

If you have any new reasons for internet poker being worse or better, go ahead and post it here, you are most welcome.

Stages of Online Poker

Technology surrounds us. Things change. And the swiftness of change today is unparalleled in history. Nothing makes poker players more aware of this change than the advent of online poker.

Computers changed everything, from productivity to research to games. Poker games too. You see, along came the Internet and suddenly you could find almost any answer in seconds, be anywhere in the world, instantly; not physically, of course but we learnt we didn't need to be physically present to be there. And so we could play poker without being physically present. We could be at the poker table. Instantly. It is as exiciting as a live poker game. You, will be participating poker on the screen with opponents seated inches away, but knowing they aren't actually inches away. They may be in England or Germany or Hong Kong, everywhere. You can play poker in a game that could have never been possible without the technology.

And so, unexpected and out of nowhere, online poker blew onto the scene. It was like a tornado sweeping down the Texas Panhandle. You could now put poker into two main categories: online poker and real-world poker. You can notice here, also I had read in some book about this term saying "real world" poker and not "real" poker. That's because online poker is real poker. It is certainly real for the hundreds of thousands of new players around the world who are playing for real money! Sometimes I think what is there about online poker that makes it unreal ? I guess not much and that's why I would differentiate poker by just these two terms: online poker and real-world poker.

The History of No-Limit Texas Hold'em Poker Game

This is the story of how a small band of Texas gamblers unwittingly created the poker colossus that is currently enjoyed by more than fifty million professional and amateur players and is seen by millions of people worldwide on some of the most popular shows on television. Here is how it all started.

In the early 1960s, poker game was an illegal activity throughout the United States, with the exception of Nevada and California. But that didn't stop Texans from hosting high stakes games all over their state. Some game operators even disguised their organizations, hoping to prevent raids from the authorities. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.

These men and more including the seven Texans who eventually brought no-limit Texas Hold'em to Nevada, travelled from town to town across Texas and the deep South playing poker. They became known as "outside" or "road" gamblers and they specialized in Kansas City lowball draw and Texas hold'em, then a new game that offered the best platform for developing multiple poker strategies and tactically implementing them.

In 1967, Nevada has only one legal poker room, which was located in the Golden Nugget and operated by a master of five-card stud player. Nevada and California players came there to play five-card stud, razz and California Lowball draw. This would change when a small group of Texans introduced high stakes no-limit Texas hold'em to Nevada. The game proved popular among the players, but for years there was no casino other than the Golden Nugget in which to spread the game.

As the game began to catch on in Las Vegas during the late sixties and early seventies, high stakes no-limit Texas hold'em games ranged from $10,000 to $100,000 change-in (that's about $90,000-$900,000 in terms of today's dollar). Later the excitement generated by new poker rooms on the Strip and the World Series of Poker fueled Texas hold'em's meteoric rise in nationwide popularity.

These prosperous days lasted until about the middle eighties. By that time, satellites had become so popular that they were running twenty-four hours a day and were occupying more and more of the limited floor space in the Horseshoe. Today the game of no-limit Texas hold'em has been transformed, thanks to its entertainment value, to television audiences. Ever increasing participation in major freeze-out tournaments have forced tournament hosts to impose rapidly increasing ante and blind structures in order to keep the tournament times manageable.

So now you know the history of no-limit Texas hold'em, the story of a small band of Texas gamblers who changed the game of poker forever.

Poker Game and its popularities

I learned poker game the hard way, playing in games that were like street fights. Before anyone thought I was ready, I sat right down at some of the toughest tables in poker, staring down the best and meanest players I could find. And I survived and prospered.

Some of my friends say I am one of the few players ever to conquer the poker world without any formal training. I am proud of that accomplishment, but if I had it to do over again, I'd make it easier. Instead of learning the hard way, brawling my way up, risking my bankroll and banging my head against those big brick walls, I'd start by reading some books. How often are you going to get a chance to learn from the most feared poker player around, year after year.

I think about how poker play has grown over the last few years and how many new players have joined the game. There must be millions of them. They're ready to treat the strategy of poker with respect and I want them to treat it that way. Poker is a monster of a game that deserves respect.

When great players are willing to share their secrets with you, poker creeps out from the rocks like a dragon that's been hiding for a hundred years. The dragon emerges, looks around, roars and demands respect. Even though nobody noticed when that the dragon wasn't there, everyone hears it now. That's what happened to poker game and this blog is going to be a part of that dragon's roar. If you are smart, you won't waste the opportunity to learn from it.

You see, poker isn't like other kinds of gambling. It fits better in the category of skill games like chess and bridge. Would those games be as well respected or have such loyal followings if experts kept the secrets to themselves?