Web Poker – Where Do The Pros Compete

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Net poker has blown up over the last couple of years and it’s not going away anytime soon. Many of the better-known professionals are staying at home to participate in online poker as a substitute for the casino. On most evenings you can find Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, or Gus Hansen competing in online poker at Full Tilt. Patrik Antonius who uses the screen name of Luigi66369 rules the high stakes cash games on the net. He frequently sits with $60, 000 at the three hundred/six hundredno limit tables waiting for someone to play him. Usually Phil Ivey or some well known internet pro will step up and challenge Antonius one on one for a bit of cold hard cash. Antonius and Ivey have destroyed any challengers that have challenged them in the past months. Pots in excess of one hundred thousand dollars are a frequent occurrence and they are only growing largerare not getting any smaller.

John Juanda can also be seen competing in the 50/100 NL games with a maximum buy-in of then thousand dollars. Juanda might be one of the more dependable individuals at the tables. He always seems to be ahead 20 to 30 thousand by the time the game ends. If you enjoy a good show, you can always pop-in and observe Mike "The Mouth" Matusow get up to his normal antics. Mike makes sure to talk to fansand will often inform his competitors how amazing he is at playing poker. Mike is recognized for displaying large ten thousand dollar bluffs on the river holding seven high. Gus Hansen also makes normal appearances on the higher limit Omaha tables. Net poker has brought the great game right into your home. No longer do you have to wait for poker tournaments to air on television. Each evening, there is a massive cash game being played on the net. These guys are betting houses on every turn of the card. Watching these guys bet will boost your play.