Net poker has blown up over the past few years and it’s not going away anytime soon. Most of the better-known professionals are staying at domicile to participate in internet poker instead of at the casino. On any given evening you can see Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, or Gus Hansen participating in online poker at Full Tilt. Patrik Antonius who goes by the screen name of Luigi66369 is quite dominant in the high stakes money games on the internet. He will often sit with sixty thousand dollars at the 300/600no limit tables waiting for anyone to compete against him. Usually Phil Ivey or some better known online pro will compete with Antonius heads-up for some cash. Antonius and Ivey have destroyed any challengers that have challenged them in the last couple of months. Pots that surpass one hundred thousand dollars are a regular occurance and the pots are only growing largerare not getting any smaller.
John Juanda can also be found competing in the fifty/one hundred NL tables with a max buy-in of then thousand dollars. Juanda might just be one of the most consistent players at the tables. He frequently appears to be up 20 to 30 grand by the end of the night. If you enjoy drama, you can always stop by and observe Mike "The Mouth" Matusow get up to his regular buffoonery. Mike makes sure to talk to observersand will often inform his competitors how fantastic he is at playing poker. Mike is well-known for showing huge ten thousand dollar bluffs on the river holding seven high. Gus Hansen also appears regularly on the higher limit Omaha tables. Internet poker has brought the great game right into your home. Now you don’t need to wait for poker shows to air on television. Each evening, there is a huge cash game being played online. These guys are betting buildings on every card. Watching these players wager will boost your game.