Poker Popularity

Online poker has exploded as one of the biggest industries not just online but in the world. Revenues for online poker are in excess of $200 million per month and rising all the time. Online poker has proven to be far more popular and user friendly than in person poker at a traditional brick and mortar casino.

At a brick and mortar casino poker is something that is grudgingly offered to customers and players. The casinos hate poker rooms in fact and make far more money when they remove poker rooms for slot machines or other games. Again, the poker room is nothing but a courtesy and also there for the hopes that the poker players will stop and gamble on something else or dine in while they are there. The only money that a brick and mortar casino makes off of poker is from what is known as the “rake” which is the time fee that the players pay to play there.

Compare that to an online poker room. The overhead is obviously far less for the casino which means a better value for the player. Beyond that the online poker rooms have significantly more options that are offered to the player with high stakes expensive games all the way down to games that are played for pennies per hand.

Another reason for online poker’s popularity is that an online poker table is far less intimidating to newer players than a live one. Players can start off at penny per hand tables and play anonymously and without the fear of embarrassment.