Sunday, November 30, 2008

Pokerstars Texas Holdem: Online Poker Fraud

By Double Trouble

In the poker business, we saw a huge increase in activity over the last few years. Business people are making good money during this poker boom. Let's take a look at the ways people are cashing big checks in the poker world.

Before we look at that, let's look at why this boom has happened. We can identify three distinct events that have caused the growth in people hitting the poker tables. Okay, listed chronologically, this is what took place that created the increase in poker activity.

The first event was in 1994 when polish poker player, entrepreneur, Henry Orenstein developed, and patented, the know how for the "hole card cam". With this invention the audience gets to know the hole cards that the players have as the hand is played. The first appearance of this invention occurred in 1997 on an English poker telecast.

Poker had been on TV since the 70's, but it was a small audience. This was due to fact that not having the knowledge of what the players were working with, it was difficult to understand what the players were trying to do. This new innovation made watching poker on television very captivating.

The next thing that contributed to the poker boom was the advent of the online poker rooms. The original internet based poker room began in 1998. Players can now play poker in the tranquil environment of the location of their own choice. The online poker rooms will have steady growth over the next few years.

This sets the stage for the last piece to the puzzle. So, when Chris Moneymaker wins the WSOP World Championship of Poker in 2003, we see poker explode. Qualifying for the tournament by winning a $40 online satellite tournament, then winning the grand daddy of all poker tournaments, starts the avalanche of poker popularity.

The combination of the hole card camera improving the popularity of viewing poker on television, and the build up of internet poker adding to the number of poker players, prepared us for poker to take off to incredible levels of popularity. Everyone seeing an online, amateur rookie player, out duel some top pros to win the biggest poker tournament ever at the time, poker took off.

This growth brings a vast amount of business opportunities for aggressive entrepreneurs. There are many ways to earn an income in poker. The majority of these opportunities are online. Here is a short list of a few of the businesses you could start that involve poker.

Some people are turning into professional players. Some dedicated marketers have gotten rich being an affiliate for the online poker rooms. Books about poker tactics are fabulous sellers.

People are producing software systems that assist online players to study their own play from the information gathered from their past play. People are starting their very own online poker rooms. You will find tournament style poker leagues being run at bars and meeting rooms across the nation.

These are most, but not all, of the interesting opportunities that business people are using to cash in on the poker explosion. Working a poker opportunity from the internet seems to be the most promising. The future for poker still looks bright, and the potential for making money is there for anyone willing to go for it. - 16887

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