Online Poker-Thats clear from the very word that it is a game of poker which is played over the internet.Thanxs to the invention of internet and its growing popularity has lead to the game of poker being played from face to face to playing online with people sitting virtually poles apart.

As usual the thrill and excitement is always there.As per a survey in the year 2005 when the game was catching popularity over the internet the revenue generated per month from online poker was about $200 million.Thats a amazing figure given to its late start in internet.

Traditionally poker is generally played in casinos or poker rooms. And it was observed that it was difficult to promote and profit from the game played in closed rooms.And there is heavy cost of installation of slot machines.On the other hand online poker is drastically cheaper as they have very small cost of set up and more players can play at a time with many other players sitting right at the comfort of their rooms.

There are many other advantages of online poker like it allows player to play for very low stakes and sometime even there are special offers where there is no entry fee which is specially made to attract beginners.And they can start playing and once involved they also start playing for higher stakes.

There is a facility of checking the IP address of the players as a single player can log into a proxy and play at the same table.Planet poker was the first online poker to offer real money games.

But there is a second side of the coin always.Online pokers are subjected to different types of frauds like collusion among the players.But they can very well be detected and players can be barred.

So in this era of internet poker has obtained a new face and its popularity of playing the game online is on a very rapid increasing curve.