Online poker has blown up over the past number of years and it is not disappearing anytime soon. Many of the better-known professionals are remaining in their home to play online poker rather than at the casino. On any given night you can see Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, or Gus Hansen playing net poker at Full Tilt. Patrik Antonius who uses the user name of Luigi66369 rules the high stakes cash games online. He will often sit with sixty thousand dollars at the three hundred/six hundredNL games ready for other players to challenge him. Usually Phil Ivey or some well known internet pro will step up and compete with Antonius one on one for a bit of cold hard cash. Antonius and Ivey have annihilated any adversaries that have challenged them in the last couple of months. Pots that exceed $100, 000 are a regular occurrence and the pots are only getting biggerare not getting any smaller.

John Juanda can usually be found playing the 50/100 NL games with a max buy-in of then thousand dollars. Juanda may be one of the most consistent players at the tables. He consistently seems to be up twenty to thirty grand by the time the game ends. If you enjoy a good show, you can always pop-in and observe Mike "The Mouth" Matusow up to his regular buffoonery. Mike makes sure to talk to fansand will regularly tell his adversaries how amazing he is at playing poker. Mike is recognized for displaying large ten thousand dollar bluffs on the river holding seven high. Gus Hansen usually appears regularly on the higher limit Omaha games. Online poker has brought the great game right into your home. No longer do you need to wait for poker events to air on television. Each evening, there is a huge cash game being played on the internet. These pros are wagering buildings on every turn of the card. Watching these players gamble will boost your poker skills.