PLACES TO PLAY

Popular Poker

has been a site for those whose native language not English. Visitors could select one of six languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese) s to view the home page instructions. English would be required for the rest of the site. Unique offerings would include a variation of Omaha where poker players would receive five pocket cards and a variation of the traditional Texas Holdem. Texas Holdem betting structure called “Big River ” Holdem.

URL: http://www.popularpoker.com
Games offered: Fixed-limit and Pot-limit Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha High/Low Eight or Better, Five-Card Omaha, big River Texas Holdem, No-imit Texas Holdem.

Betting Limits:

Would range from $0.25/0.50 up to $20/ 40.

Promotions:

You should check their Promotion page for current offerings. Promotions would include a Loyalty Points Program.

Tournaments:

A wide variety of single and multi-table tournaments with buy-ins that would vary from $5 to $100.

You should check their Tournament page for current schedules and details.

Mac Compatible:

No.

System Requirements:

Would have to download software from the site in order to play.

You would need Windows 95 or later with at least a Pentium processor 64 MB of RAM and 10 MB available hard drive storage.

True Poker

has had one of the most elaborate interfaces on the Internet, with graphics that have been in three dimensions. Poker players would have the ability to choose animated characters to represent themselves at the table.

URL: http://www.trupoker.com

Games offered:

Fixed-limit Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha High/Low Eight or Better.

Betting Limits:

Would range from $1/2 up to $15/30.

Promotions:

You should check their Promotion page for current offerings. Past promotions include drawings for free trips to Las Vegas, and free invitational tournaments for the most active players.

Tournaments:

They will offer a variety of daily tournaments that will vary in size from 30 to 300 players, and buy-ins that will vary from $1 to $60.

You should check their tournament page for current schedules and details.

Mac Compatible:

No.

System Requirements:

Would have to download software from the site in order to play.

You would need Windows95 or later with at least a 300 MHz Pentium II processor, 32 MB of RAM and 30 MB available hard drive storage.

Ultimate Bet

has had some of the more unusual variations of Holdem poker such as Pineapple (see Appendix I) double-Flop Holdem, Half Pot-Limit Holdem and MiniBlind ® Holdem (you should read the explanations of all these variations on their web site).

Future plans will include an improved Community page where poker players could share experiences and information.

URL: http://www.ultimatebet.com

Games offered:

Fixed-limit Texas Holdem, seven card stud, seven card stud High/Low Eight or Better, Ohmaha, Omaha High/Low Eight or Better, Pineapple, Pineapple High/Low Eight or Better, Double-Flop Holdem, MiniBlind Holdem; half Pot-Limit, Pot-Limit, and No-limit Texas Holdem.

Betting Limits:

Would range from $0.25/0.50 up to $50/$100.

Promotions:

Would include High Hand Jackpots and a Player Rewards Club that would allow members to earn points redeemable for travel and merchandise.

Tournaments:

You should check their News and Promotions page for monthly tournament offerings. The Ultimate Contests Page has described their regular tournaments.

Mac Compatible:

Not directly, but they have provided support for VirtualPC. (You should see the note to Mac users at the beginning of this section.)

System Requirements:

Would have to download software from the site in order to play. You would need Windows 95 or later and a Pentium Processor.

World Poker Room

has offered the experience of heads up, 1-on-1 Texas Holdem poker.

Only two poker players have been allowed at the 1-on-1 tables, the button posts the small blind and has been the first to act before the flop.

URL: http://www.worldpokerroom.com

Games offered:

Fixed-limit Texas Holdem, seven card stud, Five-Card Stud, Omaha, Omaha High/Low Eight or Better.

Betting Limits:

Would range from $0.25/0.50 up to $20/$40.

Promotions:

Tournaments:

Single table Holdem tournaments have been available 24 hours per day, 7 days perspective week.

Buy-ins have ranged from $5 to $100.

No re-buys have been allowed. Each tournament has lasted about an hour.

Mac Compatible: No

System Requirements:

Windows 95 or later. Software download would require 5 MB of hard drive storage. A 120 MHz Pentium processor with 16 MB of RAM would be needed to run.

World Sports Exchange

has operated an online sports book and has hosted online poker. The site has been known for offering private high-limit games (up to $200/$400) on request.

URL: http://www.wsex.com

Games offered:

Fixed-limit Texas Holdem, seven card stud, seven card stud High/Low Eight or Better,
Five-Card Stud.

Betting Limits:

would range from $0.50/1 up to $30/$60.

Promotions:

you should check their Promotions page for current and upcoming events. Some of the poker promotions would be tied to upcoming sports events.

Tournaments:

Single table Holdem tournaments will be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Buy ins would range from $5 to $100. No re-buys would be allowed. Each tournament would last about an hour

Mac Compatible: No.

System Requirements:

You would have to download software from the site in order to play.

You would need Windows 95 or later with at least a 120 MHz Pentium processor, 16MB of RAM and 4 MB available hard drive storage.

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