Poker Game

As I type this in Januar of 2020, a few days before my birthday, I have just surpassed 20 years in Poker Game, much of it on FullTilt and PokerStars.

Maybe that's why they became a two world's biggest online poker sites ;)

– Full Tilt Poker & PokerStars –

A poker game is not just a good mental workout but a way to have learned some life lessons, a valuable life lessons. The skills that we develop at the poker table are ones that can transfer seamlessly into our everyday life.

Online poker - the game of poker played over the Internet.
It has been partly responsible for a huge increase in the number of poker players worldwide.

Poker is a family of card games that combines strategy and different skills.
All poker variants involve betting as an intrinsic part of play, and determine the winner of each hand according to the combinations of players' cards, at least some of which remain hidden until the end of the hand.
Poker games vary in the number of cards dealt, the number of shared or "community" cards, the betting procedures and the number of cards that remain hidden.
PokerStars operates the world's most popular online poker sites, serving a global poker community of more than 64 million registered members.
Since PokerStars launched in 2001, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else, with the best security online,  PokerStars has become the first choice of the world's top players.

More than 110 billion hands have been dealt on PokerStars, which is more than any other site.

Join the largest poker community in the world!

Join the PokerStars !!!

PokerStars & UFC

PokerStars are the exclusive and official poker partner of the UFC.

PokerStars becomes first-ever UFC’s "Official Poker Partner", creating a new sponsorship category, under the terms of the agreement.

Additional partnership activations for the event include the integration of PokerStars branding during UFC’s telecasts, as well as digital and social media, and other promotional opportunities.

PokerStars, the flagship poker brand of The Stars Group and the largest poker site in the world.

PokerStars, the heavyweight of online poker, has teamed up with UFC, the largest mixed martial arts promoter in the world – expect action!

Look out for fantastic games and VIP experiences, fight for huge prizes in PokerStars !

UFC KO Poker and UFC Spin & Go’s!

UFC KO Poker

Prove yourself a champion at the UFC Knockout Poker tables!
Take down cash prizes every time you deliver a KO blow to your rivals. Check out the cool new-look, fresh animations and sounds of the KO Poker product and then jump into the action!

UFC Spin & Go’s

Grapple for huge cash prizes in our new UFC-themed Spin & Go’s – where poker and the world's most exciting combat sport collide!

Go and challenge in the Spin & Go lobby now!

Want even more?

Get a taste of what the PokerStars have in store for us and just  hit the play button!

WSOP Academy World

Greg Raymer Wins HPT Triple Crown

If you've been following the Heartland Poker Tour these last few months, you've probably noticed one familiar name atop the leaderboards.

WSOPAcademy.com's own Greg Raymer has just pulled off an incredible triple crown, winning three HPT championships in the past three months! Those wins pushed Greg's lifetime winnings to over $7 million!

Please join all of us at the WSOP Academy in saying congratulations to Fossilman on a truly phenomenal stretch of poker!

  

Loose-Aggressive Phil Hellmuth Wins 13th Gold Bracelet

 He's already arguably the greatest no-limit hold 'em tournament player of all time, and WSOP Academy lead pro Phil Hellmuth added to that legacy by taking home his 13th gold bracelet at the 2012 WSOP Europe main event.

The win netted Phil a cool 1.02 million euros, and was the second bracelet that Phil has won this year. Phil is now also in the lead for the WSOP Player of the Year.

 

WSOP Academy are lucky to continue to work with the best poker players in the world, and they  congratulate Phil on his historic victory!

Few Seats Remaining for Final Table Academy in Atlantic City

Speaking of winning, Greg Raymer is preparing for his exclusive WSOP Final Table Academy this weekend, Oct 27-28 at Bally's Atlantic City, and there are only a couple of seats left!

You can be sure that Greg will be talking about his HPT accomplishments as well as his Main Event victory, and he will be sharing all of his tips and secrets on what it takes to become a champion.

Don't miss an opportunity to take your game to a championship level. Visit WSOP Academy or call 800-989-9767 to reserve your spot. A special alumni discount is available when you call, so make sure to tell our staff that you've previously attended a WSOP Academy!

  

Vanessa Rousso Makes Her WSOP Academy Debut in 2013

How are we celebrating 2013? By bringing in one of the most talented female poker players in the world to run her first WSOP Academy!

Vanessa Rousso has cashed over $3 million in her poker career, and she is teaming up with the WSOP Academy for a Tournament Academy at the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas on Jan 26-27!

Seats are already filling up, and we expect our first event of 2013 to be one of the best yet! Visit WSOP Academy for more information!

WSOP Academy Tips

"Players don't often realize that they do silly things that they've been doing since they were children. For instance, they look at the cards that are on deck and they look at their hole cards and all of a sudden without realizing, rub their hands together excitedly. The very same behavior they did when their mother said to them, 'We're going to Disney.' Yes it's a pacifier, but it's one we use when we're excited about something so be very careful. It's a very accurate tell, you'll often see it with individuals who are suddenly very strong or they've just learned they have the nuts and so they are excited for the game."

Are poker sites social, really social?

... on social network, I mean?

Poker sites should have it so easy because poker is a social game and the world is moving towards social content and social advertising.

And yet a look at the social strategy of the large poker sites reveal an almost blind spot. PokerStars are, as always, head of the pack but their efforts revolve around an active Twitter account and armful of Facebook pages.

Full Tilt Poker was a fastest growing online poker room, maybe biggest poker room, but we all know what happened with Full Tilt and that PokerStars has completed the purchase of Full Tilt Poker.

A successful poker social strategy is about making sure friends can play together and by themselves and it’s not about having facebook and twitter accounts, but they are crucial to have. It’s basically making sure the software and marketing bring home games online because home games have retention factors online poker would kill to have. Today, when organic poker traffic is hard to come by and the time to time players get eaten up too fast by the grind on the tables, sites should encourage friends to play together and without outside players should they want to. And no, the refer a friend programs are not even close to that.

Companies today utilizing the viral potential of the new internet. Some of them do a great job, some do not.

For example Ford, for the first time ever, is bucking with tradition and turning to the web - Facebook was the platform  to exhibit its vehicle and them has been using the Ford Explorer Facebook Page to drum up excitement in anticipation of the event of the day.

Then Gap. Gap, with great success, used Foursquare to boost traffic during a sales event.

And poker, online poker? Online poker adapting so slow to the new social internet.

According to some sites, social media in the poker world is led by players like Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth.

Every poker site gives as some option to play with celebs and we just want to play with friends.

And I want to Full Tilt Poker give me my money  back ;