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Poker Face In Cyberspace
By Oddvar Pettersen, Thu Dec 8th
His palms are sweaty and his heart is racing, but he smileswhen he sees his cards. "I can't lose this one", he says, with abig grin on his face. Poker in cyberspace is perfect for anyone not having a pokerface. Johan Eriksson shows me his hand. A full house, queens full ofjacks. There are 260 dollars in the pot. Jack from Ohio justfolded his hand, but Hans from Norway and Steven
from Australiaboth called Johan's 20 dollar bet. He shows me his hand again."Can't lose this one", he says for the second time. A click onthe mouse and Johan is 320 dollar richer. He was correct , hecouldn't lose that one. (Article continued below)
We are neither in Las Vegas or in Atlantic City , but in a smallone bedroom apartment in Copenhagen, Denmark. The battle is fought on the internet, where cyberspace islightening up Johan's computer screen. The online poker room is called Poker Stars, the server is inCosta Rica somewhere, and the players are from all over theworld. When poker online started at the end of the nineties, it createdmixed feelings amongst real time casino poker players. Some tookthe view that it would damage real poker games in casinos bytempting regular customers to only play poker online. Otherswere fascinated that they could remain at home and play poker(in the underwear) against real people from the whole world. Online poker was as sent from heaven for those who feltuncomfortable in a casino poker room or had a hard time findinga poker room near to home. "You have to be careful", Johan says, in the middle of a newhand. "Internet poker is twice as fast as live poker, so themoney comes and goes just as quickly". "Damn, he caught an Ace on the river", Johann shouts. "Lost 30bucks on that hand. Well, well, easy come, easy go" Johan started off playing poker at high school, but unlike mostof us, didn't quit playing this great game. He has since the high school days dreamt of watching the "bigboys" play, so he bought himself a plane ticket to Las Vegas atthe tender age of 21. In Las Vegas he discovered the poker gameof Texas Holdem. He introduced the game to his poker buddies in Danemark, and thegame of Five Card Draw was dead and buried for ever. Johan just returned from his seventh trip to The Sin City. "It'sthe same routine every time", he says. Straight in to the HotelMirage, dumping off the suitcases, and heading straight to thepoker room. He never gambles in the casino. Just plays true poker, andspends the majority of his vacation time playing tournamentpoker. To him, this is the best holiday any unmarried guy canhave. His goal every time is to win the equivalent of airplane andhotel costs. He has managed that the last four times, buthaven't won a big tournament yet. TruePoker Guide About the author:Webmaster for TRUEPOKER GUIDE A website providing information on rules andstrategies for all poker games played at home, online and incasinos today.
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