The game of poker, and especially Texas Holdem have become very popular over the past few years. This is in part because of the online poker rooms that have sprung up on the Internet. ESPN televises poker tournaments all over the world and the shows have more viewers than a lot of the most popular shows.
Take for example the World Series of Poker, held in Las Vegas each year, that tournament has grown from less than 100 players and a jackpot of less than a million to over 8000 players with a jackpot of $12.5 million in 2006. This is because the online poker rooms hold satellite games all year long and sponsor the winners of these tournaments to the WSOP.
Online poker rooms give a person a place to practice their poker skills and strategies. You learn very quickly when to hold them and when to fold them. With the advent of the Internet and the online poker rooms a player has no problem finding a game seven days a week, 24 hours a day. I remember when I had to wait till Friday night to play poker and having to go out in the middle of a snowstorm to a friends house to play. Those days are over, now all I have to do is pull up my chair to computer and play with people...