Web Poker – Where Do The Pros Compete

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Posted by Reese | Posted in Poker | Posted on 11-02-2009

Internet poker has blown up over the past number of years and it’s not disappearing anytime soon. Many of the better-known professionals are staying at home to compete in web poker as a substitute for the casino. On any given night you can find Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, or Gus Hansen competing in internet poker at Full Tilt. Patrik Antonius who goes by the screen name of Luigi66369 is quite dominant in the high stakes money games online. He frequently sits with sixty thousand dollars at the 300/600no limit tables waiting for a person to play him. Normally Phil Ivey or some better known web pro will challenge Antonius heads-up for some money. Antonius and Ivey have annihilated any competition that has challenged them in the last couple of months. Pots in excess of one hundred thousand dollars are a normal occurrence and the pots are only growing largerare not getting any smaller.

John Juanda can also be found competing in the 50/100 NL tables with a maximum buy-in of then thousand dollars. Juanda may be one of the more dependable individuals at the tables. He frequently appears to be ahead twenty to thirty thousand by the time the game ends. If you enjoy drama, make sure to pop-in and watch Mike "The Mouth" Matusow up to his normal carrying-on. Mike always talks to observersand will often inform his competitors how fantastic he is at playing poker. Mike is well-known for displaying huge $10, 000 bluffs on the river holding seven high. Gus Hansen usually appears regularly on the higher limit Omaha games. Web poker has brought the big game right onto your pc. No longer do you need to wait for poker events to air on television. Each day, there is a huge money game being played on the net. These players are betting buildings on every card. Watching these players bet will improve your game.