By
Tom Howze
Online poker gambling at casinos
and poker rooms is one of the fastest growing forms of wagering on the
Internet. Fueled by the televised tournaments seen on Travel Channel's
World Poker Tour, ESPN with the 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and
Bravo's Celebrity Poker, the popularity of the game is seen everywhere.
A huge number of the qualifiers for the 2004 WSOP gained their entries
from playing in online satellite tournaments for a fraction of the large
entry fees paid by others. Look for more players to enter 2005 world series
of poker satellite tournaments for this reason.
Tournaments at land based casinos
are becoming so popular that people are being turned away, with waits at
some lasting two hours to get a table on the weekends. Smaller land based
casinos are promoting poker tournaments in order to capitalize on the growing
trend of the game. Even though the cut for the house is pretty slim, they
report increasing revenues by the number of patrons who play other games,
buy drinks and food. It is also allowing them to attract new players which
are mostly twentysomethings and women which expands their customer base.
It seems that most of the upcoming
poker stars are a lot younger than in the past. This is because the years
of experience formally gained at the brick and mortar poker rooms is compressed
into months when playing online. College students watching Texas Hold'Em
poker on TV have taken to playing at crowded tables on campus or online
where they can take advantage of the 24/7 availability of other players
when they can. One college student stated that "Being able to lie (bluff)
and get away with it is exciting when you know the hand you have is inferior
to the one your opponents have." Plus being able to play for free is also
a nice way to learn the game which is a feature that most poker rooms on
the Net offer.
Learning the game is also becoming
easier with free lessons at brick and mortar casinos and also The Travel
Channel featuring review and analysis of poker hands on Wednesdays through
it's WPT Poker Corner. Viewers will learn more in-depth about what they
did not see. Discussions will go over the tells, the big mistakes, and
the bluffing made by others players. This is an excellent way to learn
how to improve one's game.
With the huge piles of money that
people can win, more and more are getting into the game of poker. The 2005
WSOP championship for next year will boast a $6,000,000 first place prize
and anyone making the final table will be a millionaire. The 2004 WSOP
winner turned a $600.00 entry fee into a massive $5,000,000 check and so
many endorsements he quit his job as an patent attorney. Visit our sister
site to learn more about the 2005 World Series of Poker .
Tom Howze is a webmaster for 7 sites
that relate to online gambling, World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour
events and updates. For more information, please visit 2005
World Series of Poker . He can be reached at webmaster@justgambleforfree.com
for questions.
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