Online poker has blown up over the past few years and it is not going away anytime soon. Most of the well-known pros are staying at residence to participate in web poker as a substitute for the casino. On any given evening you can find Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, or Gus Hansen participating in internet poker at Full Tilt. Patrik Antonius who goes by the user name of Luigi66369 is quite dominant in the high stakes money games online. He frequently sits with $60, 000 at the 300/600NL tables ready for other players to compete against him. Normally Phil Ivey or some well known online professional will challenge Antonius one on one for some cold hard cash. Antonius and Ivey have annihilated any challengers that have stepped up to them in the last couple of months. Pots in excess of one hundred thousand dollars are a regular occurrence and the pots are only growing largerare not getting any smaller.

John Juanda can also be seen participating in the 50/100 No Limit tables with a max buy-in of then thousand dollars. Juanda might just be one of the more consistent individuals at the tables. He always appears to be up 20 to 30 thousand by the time the game ends. If you enjoy drama, you can always pop-in and observe Mike "The Mouth" Matusow up to his normal antics. Mike always talks to observersand will regularly tell his competitors how awesome he is at playing poker. Mike is well-known for showing massive ten thousand dollar bluffs on the river with seven high. Gus Hansen also makes normal appearances on the higher limit Omaha tables. Internet poker has brought the big game right into your home. No longer do you need to wait for poker events to air on tv. Each evening, there is a big money game being played on the web. These players are gambling buildings on every turn of the card. Watching these players bet will improve your poker skills.