Leslie Radue

So, you have tried out poker at a home game and probably won some cash or at the very least have a grasp of the rules of the game, you enjoy and have seen how the pros do it on TV but playing your weekly home game doesn’t fill the gap anymore and you are looking to expand your horizons.

Well then, this Ultimate newbie guide to playing poker online is dedicated to you in the hopes that you will choose the venue that best suits your needs.
When it comes to poker online for a novice the concept itself seems overwhelming particularly for unsavvy occasional internet users, this guide hopes to steer you in the right direction.

The plethora of poker rooms, different protocols and software variations available on the internet seems daunting for a newbie player to say the least we have compiled a listing of what you should be looking for when choosing your new internet poker venue.

Choosing an Internet Poker Room

One of the first choices you will be confronting in your quest is that of finding a suitable internet poker room that meets and hopefully exceeds your expectations while avoiding the many rouge sites that unfortunately do exist.

If you are an American you have an additional choice to factor in, i.e. many rooms no longer offer their online poker games to USA citizens since Bush passed into law the UEGIA, so your options have been narrowed down, yet there are still some excellent choices for you to choose from, simply use our right hand navigation menu under “Poker Bonuses”, poker sites that still allow USA players real money play have a small American flag adjacent the room’s these are the internet poker rooms that continue to allow poker players from America including two of the most popular internet poker rooms in PokerStars and FullTIltPoker.

Full Tilt Poker referral code:		PokerStars bonus code:
WAP		STARS600

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I was just playing a Mickey Mouse tournament at PokerStars and the servers crashed. I’m not sure of the full extent of the affected events but I did notice that all the satellites to the Sunday 1/4 million are down. Players have been put on break so long – lol, first time I have ever seen PokerStars go down, it’s really unusual hence this post.

I sent support a few logs and emails already, not sure of their rulings entirely but its hardly fair that I lost several blinds while others were still connected, I went so far as to reboot my PC and after that didn’t succeed I switched ISP’s sent the log files etc. Hope they fix the issue soon……

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Turnout at PokerStars WCOOP 2009 main event has gone beyond the guaranteed 10 million offered by PokerStars with 2,144 entries received despite being slightly less than last year’s event which saw 2,185 entries, contestants will now compete for their share of a massive $10.7 million prize pool with the WCOOP main event winner set to receive $1.7 million provided no deals are made on the final table with all those making the final table getting a minimum of $96k a piece for the two-day long event, a second place finish at PokerStars WCOOP pays $1.28 million this year.

PokerStars bonus code: STARS600

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Fans of GSN’s popular high stakes poker show will be pleased to hear that plans are underway to begin the recording of a new season of the series, with new episodes of High Stakes Poker season 6 being taped from the beginning of October through to November in Las Vegas once key players return from WSOPE and EPT scheduled events. Season 6 of High Stakes Poker will be broadcast in February 2010 it will be produced by Poker PROductions producers of “Poker After Dark”.

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Party Poker Revenue Drops in 2009, PartyGaming Plc have just released their interim results for the six months up to 30 June 2009.

http://www.partygaming.com/prty/en/mediacentre/pressreleases/financialnews/?ref=223

While PartyGaming still has a firm foot in the door in the online poker world currently number 4 globally in terms of player traffic the former giant has suffered a major blow ever since the UIGEA was passed into USA law where the LSE based company opted to take the safe road by blocking all USA customers their major source of revenue at the time.

The company has since adapted remarkably well without the US market by extending their services to include PartyCasino, PartyBets and PartyBingo.

PartyCasino has since evolved into becoming the single largest online casino operation worldwide and boasts profit figures that are just short of those generated from Party Poker.

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