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Poker Tournaments
How to register and to participate to an online poker tournament
There is no doubt that the game of poker is the most popular card game. It is often associated with famous names in organized crime or the mafia, in a dark and smokey setting in a Western or gangster movie. But these clichés are a thing of the past, and have little in common with the modern poker player.
Poker has received its seal of respectability, and is now a real game of strategy. The main quality of a poker player is seated in his mentality, since winning a game of poker is not just a matter of luck, it is also a question of mathematical probabilities and psychology. The player must be able to analyze the different elements that are at his disposal in order to reach one objective: take the right decision in order to win. A competitive spirit is doubtless a plus, but to accept defeat and to loose with style, this is the real spirit of poker.
In this spirit, the modern player joins other impassioned people in tournaments, international in scope, such as the World Poker Series. These players are real stars in the US, and Las Vegas has become their capital.
In this context, a new wave of players has been born, who challenge one another online and whose names are sometimes famous beyond the Internet sphere. In this respect, many are the great poker players who have started their professional career online. With online poker, the player can learn and improve following his own rhythm, and develop its own style of game, together with other players that are connected all around the world. This is how, within the last few years, poker has experienced an explosion, and you can bet that this process will continue in the years to come.
- the different types of poker tournaments
- poker terms that are associated to tournaments
- how to participate to an online poker tournament
- schedule of tournaments to come
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