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Full Tilt vs PokerStars

Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars are in the number #1 and #2 spots in terms of traffic volumes with between 80,000 and 90,000 players online at peak times. While both offer an excellent selection of both cash games and tournaments they differ in many ways, ranging from software interface to bonus and VIP schemes on offer. Neither of these poker sites are US-friendly, instead drawing their player base from Canada, Europe, South Africa and Australasia.

COMPARISON

-Both have a good variety of tournament options, 100K+ players at peak hours in 4,000+ tournaments.
-Both of these poker sites have reputations for the best poker software clients in the industry.
-PokerStars has about 2x the traffic that Full Tilt has, with up to 100K+ players online at peak hours.
-PokerStars is internationally advertised and has a huge celebrity team backing them.
-Full Tilt offers players 27% rakeback through rakeback providers.
-Both sites are more or less comparable in the support department.

SCREENSHOTS

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Titan Poker vs Cd Poker

I have played both sites extensively and have spent great time and research to come to this conclusion for the online poker community in general. Although Titan Poker does have some advantages, including marginally worse players than CD Poker at the lower levels, Titan Poker is definetely the way to go if you are interested in the excellent poker experience and probably the surest chance of making money!

COMPARISON

-Both have a good variety of tournament options.
-Both have a same software (iPoker).
-Titan Poker has about 2x the traffic that CD Poker has, with up to 80K+ players online during busy times.
-Both offer a lot of depositing options for their high volumes of traffic.
-With so many members, CD Poker limits its support to email.

SCREENSHOTS

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Just a Little Story of Online Poker

Man has been searching for entertainment ever since he came to this world. Often the pleasure and need were combined. He started hunting to feed himself and when he realized that he could survive without killing animals it turned into a form of leisure. When man moved to currencies for trade, the greed of getting more money for a less strenuous work turned playing cards into gambling. As we all now relies the importance of money in our daily lives, getting a little extra spending power in our pockets never hurts.

With the advent of internet people have moved away from traditional forms of playing cards. Wherein once only a few friends used to get together for a game of cards or probably a casino in town would be enough to satisfy the greed, online gambling and casinos now have replaced not only the bars and fights that were commonplace then, but also the amount of money that can be made.

One of the fastest growing and most rewarding online games is that of poker. Poker has as much been a game as it has been a way of life to many people which is ably depicted in some of Hollywood’s classic movies. Previously, the game used to be played only at casinos or poker rooms, entering which seemed an intimidating task for the uninitiated. The casinos these days don’t consider poker to be an economically viable option because the game requires a huge table to be set up and also chances of disputes are significantly higher in this game compared to other games that a casino can offer.
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