subject: Poker Could Be Very Easily Viewed As One Of The Greatest And Most Popular Card Games [print this page] Poker can be very easily considered one of the most played games in the world. Throughout the years the game has become so popular because of the fast and great game play and the fact that is really entertaining. The rules of the game are not really hard but when you wish to play the game at a very high level the scenario changes totally. You have to take in to consideration several strategies and factors.
The game of poker can be played on the Web or in the conventional way. The most popular version of the game is online poker. The reason for this is that it is extremely accessible. Many web sites are providing you the chance to play this game on-line. On the best poker web sites each and every single day are being held a large number of poker competitions and in those you have the possibility too see players from all over the world.
Numerous players at one point have decided that they want to become professional players. The greatest on-line poker players in the world such as Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan are managing each and every year to win big cash. Occasionally they can traverse very good periods in which they win massive amounts of money but there are times when they are losing a lot. This is the case with Tom Dwain. In the first 4 months of the 2010 he managed to win nearly 7 million dollars. But after this astounding period he began to drop big money. Although he is still the most successful player in 2010 he dropped more than half of what he has won.
However not every one knows how to play the game like a pro. Many are playing online poker just to have some fun. Usually they are not investing big sums of money. The other version of poker, the live one, is not accessible to each and every one. When I am saying this I'm referring to the live poker tournaments. In this kind of competitions are entering some of the best players in the world.
Around the world each year there are taking place numerous live poker tournaments. In some of the best ones can be found top poker players such as Daniel Negreanu. Phil Ivey or Phill Hellmuth. These players in they career from live poker tournament winnings earned each more than 10 million dollars. Their level of play has reached an very high level. Beside being successful in live tournaments this players are also good in online poker tournaments. The perfect example is Phil Ivey. This year in the first months he was the third most successful player at Full Tilt poker.
All-around the world are taking place numerous great live poker tournaments. Some of the most popular locations are: Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Paris, and many others. Some of the best and most popular poker tournaments are: the European Poker Tour(EPT), World Poker Tour(WPT) World Series of Poker(WSOP). One tournament in which every professional poker player in the world wishes to participate is the World Series Of Poker.
Each year this tournament attracts a huge number of players from all over the world. The prizes which are awarded to the winners are large. Last year's WSOP was won by Joe Cada. He managed to win more than 8 million dollars. Another poker tournament which is extremely popular and also attracts a massive number of people is the European Poker Tour. It is well known that this tournament it is organized by the world biggest poker web site also know as Pokerstars. Throughout a year they are hosting poker tournaments in the most popular locations in Europe such as: Germany, Austria, France, Italy and many other European countries.
