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		<title>Full Tilt vs PokerStars</title>
		<link>http://blog.toppokerdirectory.com/2009/02/full-tilt-vs-pokerstars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>COMPARISON</strong></p>
<p>-Both have a good variety of tournament options, 100K+ players at peak hours in 4,000+ tournaments.<br />
-Both of these poker sites have reputations for the best poker software clients in the industry.<br />
-PokerStars has about 2x the traffic that Full Tilt has, with up to 100K+ players online at peak hours.<br />
-PokerStars is internationally advertised and has a huge celebrity team backing them.<br />
-Full Tilt offers players 27% rakeback through rakeback providers.<br />
-Both sites are more or less comparable in the support department.</p>
<p><strong>SCREENSHOTS</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-77" title="fulltiltscreen" src="http://blog.toppokerdirectory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/fulltiltscreen.jpg" alt="" width="402" height="292" /><span id="more-76"></span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-78" title="partypokerscreen" src="http://blog.toppokerdirectory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/partypokerscreen.jpg" alt="" width="402" height="283" /></p>
<p>According to Alexa more than 32% of the Full Tilt Poker players come from the United States and more than 26% of the PokerStars players come from United States of America. PokerStars.de is part of <a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/">online poker sites</a> network of PokerStars and poker rooms aimed at German online poker players.</p>
<p><strong>OTHER REVIEWS</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/titanpoker.php"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Titan Poker Review</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/cdpoker.php"><span style="color: #0000ff;">CD Poker Review</span></a></p>
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		<title>Titan Poker vs Cd Poker</title>
		<link>http://blog.toppokerdirectory.com/2009/02/titan-poker-vs-cd-poker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Online Poker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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!</p>
<p><strong>COMPARISON</strong></p>
<p>-Both have a good variety of tournament options.<br />
-Both have a same software (iPoker).<br />
-Titan Poker has about 2x the traffic that CD Poker has, with up to 80K+ players online during busy times.<br />
-Both offer a lot of depositing options for their high volumes of traffic.<br />
-With so many members, CD Poker limits its support to email.</p>
<p><strong>SCREENSHOTS</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/titanpoker.php"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-72" title="titanpoker_s" src="http://blog.toppokerdirectory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/titanpoker_s.gif" alt="" width="400" height="314" /></a><span id="more-71"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/cdpoker.php"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-73" title="cdpoker_s" src="http://blog.toppokerdirectory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cdpoker_s.gif" alt="" width="400" height="314" /></a></p>
<p>According to Alexa more than 64% of the <a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/titanpoker.php">Titan Poker</a> players come from the France and more than 45% of the <a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/cdpoker.php">CD Poker</a> players come from Spain.</p>
<p><strong>READ FULL REVIEWS</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/titanpoker.php">Titan Poker Review</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/cdpoker.php">CD Poker Review</a></p>
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		<title>Just a Little Story of Online Poker</title>
		<link>http://blog.toppokerdirectory.com/2009/01/just-a-little-story-of-online-poker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Online Poker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poker story]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.<br />
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This problem generally doesn’t exist in online poker as a new table can be easily accommodated and a larger pool of participants is a win all situation for everyone involved. The players have a larger choice of tables and the host has larger size of guests assuring it gets more traffic and more cash. <a href="http://www.toppokerdirectory.com/Online_Poker_Rooms/" target="_self">Online poker rooms</a> are adequately equipped to handle various scenarios that might arise. Though this form of gambling is by no means the securest, but best interests of players are kept in mind by the rooms to avoid fraud. They have a mechanism in place to detect the hand patterns of the players and can warn players. Besides this poker rooms trace IP addresses to make sure no underhandedness happens in dealings.</p>
<p>Online poker is today a more than 5 Billion dollar industry which has led to governments sitting up and taking notice. A few governments around the world most notably the United Kingdom and those in the Caribbean have legalized online poker and accepted its financial clout. The trade is still barred in US though efforts are being made to legalize it. US with its stringent laws is truly testing the online poker community but the way industry recruiting more and more people, a formal recognition might not be far away.</p>
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