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Online Poker in Germany

Published by admin on May 27, 2009

Poker clubs are starting to appear just like mushrooms all over Germany. In case you are wondering, in any urban area of Germany there are plenty of poker tournaments every week. The game of poker is a game that almost everybody in Germany is familiar with. Some might play the simple variants like the Draw Poker or even some of the good old Western.

The statistics made by the German Poker Players Association are saying that there are more than 260,000 active poker players in Germany. Out of this number 90% of them are males.

Some of the factors that made poker even more popular were the publicity made by the live poker events like the European Poker Tour, World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour. These great live poker events managed to draw the attention of many viewers from Germany.

Another factor that helped to improve the image of poker was the James Bond movie (Casino Royale), where the faith of the action of the movie is decided at a game of Texas Hold’em Poker.

In case you are searching for information in the German language, one of the best web portals out there is www.PokerN.com. There you will be able to find a content rich website with many sections, which includes a well populated poker forum, blog, information about tournaments, poker rules and poker room reviews. At the poker room reviews section you will be able to find the review of some the most popular online poker rooms out there including Titan Poker, Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker.

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