Poker

Poker has taken the world by storm over the past few years and is continuing to become more popular every day.

There are literally millions of players playing online everyday from all over the globe. The online market is huge and because of that choosing where to play can be difficult. The aim of this page is to give you the lowdown on where to find out more about playing online and also what games you'll be playing, how best to learn them and which are most popular.

Sites offering Poker Games

These sites are recommended to play online poker in.

Doyles Room: Play poker online at Doyles Room, the fastest growing online poker room.
William Hill Poker: William Hill is one of the largest and most popular betting groups in the UK. They also pretty much dominate the online scene in the UK with William Hill Poker and William Hill Casino. Top marks go to the site for quality gaming.
Absolute Poker: Absolute Poker has great tournaments and freerolls to play in and offers great incentives for new money players.
Littlewoods Poker: Littlewoods is a famous brand in the UK with a range of offline and online activities. Theres a great choice of players and tables that can be played for free or in GBP or USD.
Club On The Park Poker: Club On The Park was formerly The Ritz Club Poker but has changed names under new ownership. These excellent poker rooms capture the essence of this exclusive club.
Spin Palace Poker: Spin Palace is part of the Prima Poker Network. Prima Poker is a number of sites linked together so that all the players and tables are combined.
Golden Palace Poker: Well known for their strange advertising, Golden Palace offer two games sites, one for casino gaming and one for multiplayer poker. A well known and respected brand.
Ultimate Bet: Ultimate Bet is one of the largest poker rooms online and offers a wide range of games, tables and tournaments. You'll find many of the professional poker players playing here.

Poker Players Blogs

UK Poker Player: My own poker playing blog. Find out how I've faired when playing online poker for real money. Who said, "Poker is easy to learn but difficult to master?"
Guinness and Poker: This is probably the most popular poker blog these days. Very biased towards playing at Party Poker but there are some great poker articles and stories, both about poker and life intermingled.

Some great pics as well. Generally, a good poker read but the language can be pretty strong so stay away if you'll be offended.
Mike Paulle's Poker Blog: Follow the hottest tournament action with Mike Paulle's Poker Blog which covers all the main event and the player standings.
Poker Players Account: An account of a poker players games and how he gets on playing them. Also some general sections of things in life and in general.

Playing Poker

Online Poker Tips

Tips for playing Online Poker

Never play with more money than you can afford to lose.
Play for fun before you decide to take on the worlds players for money. All online poker sites allow free play.
Make sure you know the rules of the game before playing for real money. I would surprise you how many start playing without knowing the details of the poker game being played.
Spend time watching how you're opponents play. Changes in their behaviour may indicate a great hand or a bluff.
If you can't spot the poor player at the table then it's probably you.
The chances of getting pocket Aces in a game of Texas Hold Em is 1 in 221.

Poker Lenses

Other poker related lenses worth a look.

Poker is all about learning and gaining more experience. Reading these other poker lenses should help your knowledge of the game increase, making your winnings grow as well.

Titan Poker: Titan Poker offers freerolls with fantastic prizes.
Club On The Park: The Club On The Park (formerly The Ritz) operate an exclusive club steeped in history, you can now play and be a part of this exclusive and elegant online Club.
William Hill Poker: William Hill are one of the largest and most well known online suppliers of poker, casinos and sportsbooks. Check out whats on offer from this prestigeous company.
UK Poker: UK poker players should find everything they need within this lens to start playing online and there's even help to play profitably.
Golden Palace: Golden Palace have run many wierd and wonderful stunts to provide advertising for their poker and casino products, making them very well known. Apart from this Golden Palace offers great games from a reliable and trustworthy site.
Badugi Poker: Badugi is a relatively new poker game to be played but is taking the gaming world by storm. It's essentially a low-card game but check out this lens to learn how and where to play online.
World Series of Poker: Keep up to date with the World Series of Poker tournaments! When they start, we'll be featuring news and blog posts from the most influential poker players.
Celeb Poker: Celeb Poker is where the real lift celebs come to play poker. Free so you don't even need to loose any money!
Poker Strategy: Poker strategy is important if you want to win more often. Poker is a game that is easy to learn and play but difficult to master. Hopefully this lens will help fill in the gaps and make your online play even better.

Poker News

Keep up to date with the latest poker offerings!

Poker News: Check out the latest goings on and poker news with Absolute Poker's update pages.

Great for finding out what's going on in the world of poker!

Poker Strategy

Want to start playing better poker?

The sites listed below give information on how to play better poker and include articles specifically relating to poker strategy.

Reading more about poker can help you game improve in leaps and bounds and quickly too!

Poker Strategy Guides: There's a large range of poker strategy articles to be found at this site and all worthy of a read whether you're a beginner or a seasoned player wanting to brush up on some playing strategies.

Beginners will definately want to check out this site as all of the strategy guides featured are written in plain English and are easy to follow.
Poker Strategy Site: Providing you with a thorough guide to making money playing poker online is the goal of this site and it ranks as one of the best sources of information about playing better.
Valuing a Poker Hand - A Quick Reference: There's a few good articles on this site but this link in particular leads to a very basic poker guide to valuing a hand. New or newish players would do much worse than print this page out as a reference when playing.
Card Player: This site is a poker magazine covering many aspects of poker but also has many good articles on poker strategy.

Poker Tournament News

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Poker Game Variations

A quick overview of the types of poker games available online.

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Texas Hold Em Poker

Seven Card Stud Poker

Omaha Poker

Pineapple Poker

Guts Poker

Chinese Poker

Five Card Stud Poker

Razz Poker

Poker Strategy Books

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