Online Poker rooms have been springing up on the Internet and they have been growing as more and more people log on to play poker with players from around the world. The trend is that more and more players are being propelled onto the global stage through taking part and even winning large regional, national and going even as far as the World Texas holdem poker championships by learning the game through the internet.
The first player that springs to mind when discussing Texas holdem poker is Doyle Brunson, renowned by all as the father figure of poker. Doyle who began to play the game way back in the 1950’s in Texas, and helped to bring it Las Vegas, and later to World fame has probably never played online in his life. However his shadow looms large over the game and the chances are that Texas holdem poker would never have been heard of it hadn’t been for Doyle and his texas buddies, pioneers of World Series of Poker.
In the last five years, the World Series of Poker has been won by three Americans, one Australian and one European - Robert Varkonyi, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joseph Hachem and Carlos Mortensen, respectively. Showing how much the game has developed an intenational flair since its early days
Chris Moneymaker who won the 2.5 million dollar first prize at the World Series of Poker in 2004 and Greg Raymer who succeeded in winning double that amount in 2005, both won the tournament after being invited to participate by winning a major tournament. However since then they have both proved that they are not “one hit wonders†and have gone on to take some worthwhile prizes at major Texas holdem poker tournaments, both on and offline.
Yet some of the greatest players on the current Texas holdem poker circuit have never won the World Series of Poker, regarded by the professionals as the greatest title of them all
One of the true giant of poker in many ways is Phil Hellmuth who has won millions of dollars playing Texas Holdem Poker. A real crowd pleaser, Phil is an aggressive player who does his best to unsettle his opponents by talking them out of their poise, and it usually works.
The whole Texas holdem poker scene is very fast and dynamic and who knows who the next superstar may be. It might even be you!