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Bodog review

Bodog.com offers all the excitement of great multi-player poker, served up with typical Bodog flair and service. That means unlimited free payouts and the best customer service in the poker world.

The Bodog Poker Room features daily tournaments with a monthly guaranteed prize pool of $3.5 million, including a $100,000 guaranteed tournament each Sunday. Stake your claim in Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7-Card Stud, 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo and 5-Card Stud.

Join Bodog Poker and be part of the team that brought home the 2006 WSOP Main Event gold bracelet - and the record $12-million victory (review).

Featured Poker Room

Full Tilt Poker is currently the 3rd largest poker site with over 20,000 players during peak times. Besides the software, you will be attracted to Full Tilt Poker by the quality and number of pros that represent and play on the site. Few people will ever have the opportunity to play or chat about golf with Tiger Woods, but on Full Tilt Poker you have lots of opportunity to play with and learn from the poker celebrities you see on TV.

Visit Full Tilt Poker.

If you never played poker online before, please read our beginner's guide first. If you already know the ins and outs of poker strategy, and you are just looking for a place to play and enjoy Poker, then read about the pros and cons of some popular poker rooms from a players' perspective. You won't find more objective and honest reviews anywhere.

Player profiles

Dan Harrington profile
(By Paul McGuire)

Dan Harrington is one of the most consistent players in the world today. If he sits down at your table, beware! He is a former World Series of Poker Champion (1995) and in the last two years, he has made the final table at the World Series of Poker. He has three final table appearances in the last decade, which is a rare accomplishment in poker. He has proven over the years that he is one of the toughest competitors on the tournament circuit.
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Poker rules and strategies

Whether you are a novice or an experienced card shark, we're convinced you will find something of interest in our comprehensive poker rules and poker strategies sections. The most important poker games - from Five Card Stud to Omaha, and Seven Card Stud to Texas Hold'em - are described as clear, concise, and accurate as possible, without failing to neglect their strategic complexities.

Poker tournaments

Both the 2003 and 2004 winner of the World Series of Poker, Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer respectively, won their entry ticket in an online poker tournament. Our poker tournament section features articles on multi-table and single-table tournament strategy, as well as reports on various brick-and-mortar tournaments, like the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour and the European Poker Tour.

Online poker news

Online Poker Explosion

March 28, 2008 - Online Poker Explosion

Online Poker News Archive - March 2008

March 28, 2008 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of March 2008

Online Poker News Archive - January 2008

March 28, 2008 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of January 2008

Online Poker Explosion

March 28, 2008 - Online Poker Explosion

Professional Poker Career

January 8, 2008 - The opportunity to launch a career in professional poker has never been greater than now, thanks to the emergence and explosive growth of online casino gambling. That being said, the opportunity is counter balanced by the fact that millions of other poker playing gamblers have the very same idea, which is to go pro with a professional poker career.

Online Poker News Archive - 2008: A year in review

March 28, 2008 - Below we've summarized the most important poker news stories of 2008. All news items are available through the monthly news archives.

Professional poker and online casino gambling

September 28, 2007 - Professional poker and online casino gambling have become synonymous and now go hand in hand through the first decade of the new millennium. The word-wide poker craze that has taken place over the past decade has led to many players going pro and making a full time living at playing poker. Online casino gambling card rooms are what have made this all possible.

Misconceptions about Professional Poker

September 28, 2007 - If you are one of the countless poker players that dream of turning professional, check yourself with some facts and with what NOT to do. Never before has it been more possible to have a professional poker career. Yet never before has it been so challenging as millions of poker players have the same idea and dream and they chase those dreams and aspirations at online casino gambling websites, which have opened the door to the dreams of those wanting a career in professional poker.

PIGSKIN AND POKER LAUNCHED BY NLOP

August 16, 2007 - US-legal poker site growing like Topsy

POKER ARENA GOES LIVE ON THE MICROGAMING POKER NETWORK

August 16, 2007 - And watch out for Pax Poker later, too

Poker and Casino craze

August 16, 2007 - It is not at all an irony that the world wide craze for poker is in lock step with the world wide online casino craze. The two are locked together as one and with good reason; poker is one of the most enjoyable forms of gambling there is and, with an online casino, you can always find a quality game and fellow enthusiasts.