Poker is one of the most interesting and widely played games today. Poker may be played either in the casinos or on online venues.

Online Poker definitely refers to the game played over the internet. It's been responsible for a remarkable rise in the numbers of poker players worldwide.

Based on the research group River City some 1.5 million people play poker online regularly for real money and that the number is growing by 100,000 a month.

Online poker is not a thing that you play by yourself. Although you could possibly be sitting at home all alone, you are connected to a game server via the web. Every Online Poker Game has at least two real people, while most have eight to ten. The larger tournaments have several thousand people all playing at once (at different tables, of-course).

When you play Online Poker, you are not playing against the "house". You don't make bets with the poker site. You make bets with the other people playing poker. The home (which is, the poker site) makes money by collecting a small fraction of each pot before awarding it to the winner. The house never gambles at all. This is completely different from an "online gambling agency; just click the following internet page, casino", where the player and also the casino are natural enemies. In the matter of online poker, the home is a neutral third party.

Here's how it works. The ingredients are:

the poker web page - in which you can find information regarding the games hosted through the site, the rules, promotions, upcoming events, and also the place from that you download the poker client.

the poker client - the program you install on your own PC. It has a graphical display of the poker game showing the players and cards and has buttons you use to bet and fold. Whenever you run it, it connects to the poker game server.

the poker game server - the central computer that hosts the poker games. The game server runs a computer program that acts as a dealer (shuffling and dealing cards and awarding pots), floorman (helping you find a seat) and cashier (handling chips and money). The game server guarantees that all rules are followed correctly. The game server is the hub for all communication with and between the players.

the players - the individuals who are playing poker with each other. Each person is sitting at their own computer, running their very own copy of the poker client, linked to the poker game server via the web.