Internet poker has blown up over the last few years and it is not going away any time. Most of the better-known professionals are staying at domicile to compete in internet poker as a substitute for the casino. On any given evening you can find Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, or Gus Hansen competing in internet poker at Full Tilt. Patrik Antonius who goes by the screen name of Luigi66369 rules the high stakes cash games on the web. He will often sit with $60, 000 at the 300/600NL games ready for a person to compete against him. Usually Phil Ivey or some well known internet professional will compete with Antonius one on one for some cold hard cash. Antonius and Ivey have defeated any competition that has challenged them in the past months. Pots that exceed one hundred thousand dollars are a normal occurrence and the pots are only getting largerare not getting any smaller.
John Juanda can usually be seen playing the fifty/one hundred NL games with a max buy-in of $10, 000. Juanda may be one of the more consistent players at the tables. He frequently appears to be ahead twenty to thirty grand by the time the game ends. If you like a good show, make sure to stop by and observe Mike "The Mouth" Matusow up to his normal buffoonery. Mike frequently talks to observersand will regularly tell his adversaries how awesome he is at playing poker. Mike is well-known for showing massive $10, 000 bluffs on the river with seven high. Gus Hansen usually appears regularly on the higher limit Omaha tables. Online poker has brought the big game right onto your computer. Now you do not have to wait for poker shows to air on television. Each evening, there is a huge money game being played online. These guys are wagering homes on every turn of the card. Watching these guys gamble will boost your play.