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"Poker is like all other games. You have to develop a strategy. Anybody can play poker when you have pocket aces. It takes something extra to play when you have a four and deuce. In poker, you take more risks than other games, and there's more to lose," he said.
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Poker is a game that is reaching new heights in popularity, and the internet has brought new life to one of the oldest card games in the world. Think of the poker stories you've heard in films and books - its one of the most exciting and loved games in the world, possible the finest game ever invented.
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Poker is a democratic game. Whether you are male or female, young or old, rich or poor, black or white - it makes no difference at the poker table. If you like playing for pennies, thousands, or matchsticks, you can become a student of the game and improve your skill level.
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Poker is the fastest growing segment of the online gaming industry in the past two years with monthly online player participation averaging 1.8 million. Current estimates by Global Betting and Gaming Consultants (GBGC) have the poker industry yielding approximately $1.5 billion in annual revenues and strong growth is predicted.
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Poker is a popular type of card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination ("hand") in their possession, by placing a bet into a central [P]ot. The winner is the one who holds the hand with the highest value according to an established hand rankings hierarchy, or otherwise the player who remains "in the hand" after all others have folded (the player who makes an un-called bet.).
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Many people play poker for social reasons. (That is a fundamental reason for having games, in fact, and online poker is no exception.) When you play at PokerStars, the community of players is so large that you will seldom play with the same person twice. But at a poker room like Bugsy's Club, there are so few games going on, and so few players playing, that you'll begin to get to know your poker-playing buddies fairly quickly, because you'll run into them again and again. If you play poker for social reasons and want to make some friends online, then a smaller poker room is definitely the way to go.
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