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Barry Denson Plans to Set New Record for Playing Poker for the Longest
Barry Denson, a poker player from the UK, has announced that he plans to set a new record for playing poker for the longest. On the 1st of July, he will play at G Casino, Manchester. The game will go on for five days. Most of Denson’s activity at the felt has been in live poker league tournaments.
Help for Heroes, a charitable organization that assists injured people in the armed forces, will benefit from the money made during the … Read the rest
Card Rush Promotion Running at PartyPoker
PartyPoker is running an attractive promotion called Card Rush in February. It will start on the 1st and continue for the rest of the month. Real money players of the site will have an exclusive opportunity to win prizes and freeroll entries through the promotion.
Card Rush promotion operates in a simple manner. Every time a player earns 15 Party Points, the poker site rewards him with a Card Rush ticket. On scratching the card, prizes are revealed. Every card … Read the rest
Joe Hachem to Continue Playing in Major Poker Tournaments
Joe Hachem has announced that he will continue participating in major poker tournaments. This dispels the belief many held that he will limit his tournament activity and focus on developing the Asian Poker Tour and AsianLogic Group, now that he is on board as their new ambassador.
Hachem, who briefly held the record for the all-time biggest tournament prize when he won $7.5 million at the 2005 World Series of Poker, has said that most of the tournaments he’ll participate … Read the rest
Poker Networks
Some of the most popular poker sites are located on poker networks. Below you can see some of the best poker networks and the top poker sites that you will find located on them.
- Merge Gaming Network – The Merge poker network sites are known for having loose cash games and all of the players on Merge have access to casino games as well.
- Merge Poker Sites
- Cake Poker Network – The Cake Poker Network is another network that is known for having soft cash games that are easy to beat.
- Cake Poker Network
- iPoker Network – The ipoker network is much larger than Merge or Cake.
- iPoker Sites
- Full Tilt Poker – Full Tilt is located on its own independant network and it is the second largest poker network in the world. Full Tilt Poker is one of the best poker sites for cash game players, tournament players and sit n go players.
- Full Tilt Poker Review
- Pokerstars – Pokerstars is also located on an independant poker network like Full Tilt. Pokerstars is the largest online poker network and there are more players at this poker room than any other room.
- Pokerstars Review
What is a poker network?
All of the poker networks listed on this page have several different poker sites on their network. All of the players are playing at the same poker tables. This means that if you are playing in a cash game or tournament on Aced Poker, you will be playing against other players on Aced, as well as players on RPM Poker and Carbon poker because all of these sites are on the Merge Gaming Network.
The individual poker rooms on each network are often referred to as poker skins. The network poker software is very similar for each site. The poker rooms can change the colors, logos and the general look and feel of the poker site, but the layout and funcitonality is basically identical throughout the poker network.
Which networks are best for poker deposits?
The Merge Gaming Network readily accepts credit cards for poker deposits. For more details about Merge, check out my list of all of the best Merge Poker Sites. Full Tilt Poker also has an easy poker network for players to make deposits online. Credit card deposits are available right away and there is also several electronic withdrawal methods available to poker players. You can view my list of the easiest poker sites to make credit card deposits by clicking here: Credit Card Poker Sites.
Which poker networks have the easiest cash games?
If you like to play Texas Holdem, you can find some easy poker games on the smaller poker networks. The Merge network has a casino and this attracts some gamblers that aren’t very good at poker. They will eventually make their way over to the poker tables and this creates some of the easiest cash games that you will find at any online poker room.
If you are an Omaha player, you can usually find easy Omaha games at the larger independant poker networks. Full Tilt Poker always has lots of players who are new to Omaha Poker, so unlike the Holdem games on Full Tilt, the Omaha games can be very easy to beat on occasion.
Which poker networks allow US players?
The only poker network listed on this page which does not allow US poker players is the iPoker Network. All of the other poker networks listed here allow American players as well as players throughout the world.
Is it better to play on a poker network or a poker site that is located on it’s own independant network? You would think that the networks are more secure because the security team is much larger. However, the large poker sites like Full Tilt and Pokerstars that are on their own networks are some of the most secure online poker sites available. some of the very small poker sites on their own networks might be shady, but you are not going to find any of those poker rooms listed here on my website. The only poker sites that you will find here are sites that I play at myself and they are the best poker sites around.
