Online Poker Room Directory
With hundreds of poker rooms to choose from, how to you decide where to play?
Personal preferences aside, there are a few things you should take into consideration when choosing an online poker room...
- A strong player base:
There's nothing worse than downloading a new place to play, only to discover there's no-one to play with. Bigger rooms/networks have lots of players, so there's open tables of just about every type.
- Reliable and fair gaming:
While you don't have to worry about direct card manipulation, online poker rooms should still have managers and regular checks in place to prevent collusion on the tables amongst players.
- The games and limits you want to play:
Not all poker rooms offer the same game selection and/or table limits, so be sure to choose one that suits the games and limits you are comfortable with.
We've taken care of the first two for you by only listing poker rooms with at least a respectable number of players, and only those with a commitment to fair gaming for it's patrons.
The rest is up to you!
Note: You can play at any of the following poker rooms for real money or just for fun or practice with no obligation.
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Poker Stars offers the most tabls and tournaments action you will find anywhere online. They are also home to some of the best professionals in the world including Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymner and many more.
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Hollywood Poker offers a welcome diversion from some of the old standards, offering fun celeb knock-out tournaments bi-weekly and one of the few rooms around to offer 5 card draw.
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One of the original rooms online, Poker Room offers a solid gaming experience, and is one of the few places to offer no-download tables that are Mac and Linux friendly, as
well as new cell-phone enabled Hold'em games!
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A genuinely fun room offering a lot of customization, vibrant color schemes and a variety of hilarious avatars to choose from. Lots of fun for new players and
low-limit Hold'em games.
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One of the oldest poker rooms around and by far the most popular in terms of active players - it's a great overall room offering all popular games and lots of big tournament action...
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Clean and simple software that looks and runs well. Operated by Casino On Net this is a great poker room with good game variety - but only offers fixed limit stakes on normal tables.
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A nice looking piece of software that incorporates animated characters into the game quite well, and is worth a peek for the novelty if nothing else. Notably missing is 7 Card Stud games,
but a good match for low to middle-limit Hold'em players.
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Well known and often endorseed by some big name players, including Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, and Antonio Esfandiari; it's no berry patch,
but a good plance to practice your tournament skills.
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A colorful poker client that offers quick gameplay and a good spread of table limits, and a good choice for new players due to hand reminders and easy to follow menus.
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Offers 'pretty' software without much substance. A relatively small player base compared to other rooms, limited selection of games and tournaments, and slow paced table action.
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A nice looking room that's slowly growing it's player base, it's a fun place to play for lower limit Texas Hold'em players, and a good choice for new players to
practice their skills.
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One of Prima Poker's first licenses, and one of the few that offers a good compensation structure to encourage player loyalty. Shares a player base with other rooms, including:
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