Online poker, as the name suggests, will be the game of poker played on the web. Online poker has been responsible for a dramatic rise in the number of poker players worldwide. Thanks in part, to the proliferation of online casinos, the craze for poker is spreading beyond the mega-rich, business-suited elite, allowing everybody a fair chance to place modest bets from the comfort of their very own homes.

Statistics confirm the aforementioned. In January 2003, the total global daily cash game turnover for online poker was just $10 million (Ł5.3m) as well as in 2004 it rose go to the website $60m (Ł32m). Simply, $180m (Ł95m) is wagered in cash game pots in online poker daily! Not surprisingly, this number is expected to grow steadily on a yearly basis.

You will discover hundreds of portals offering online poker; a lot of them are, more or less, similar. The main difference, if any, may be within the gaming environment and the quality of interaction with other players.