Poker could be very easily considered one of the most played games in the world. Through the years the game has become so popular simply because of the fast and great game play and the fact that is very entertaining. The rules of the game are not very hard but when you wish to play the game at a really high level the scenario changes completely. You have to take into consideration numerous strategies and factors.

Poker can be played in two ways: on the Internet or offline. At this moment online poker has reached a huge level of popularity. This is because an online poker competition is much more easy to enter than a live tournament. There are numerous web sites on which you can play poker. On the most popular web sites every day are taking place a massive number of poker tourneys and in such tournaments can get into almost anyone who has access at the Net.

Numerous players at one point have decided that they want to become professional players. The greatest online poker players in the world such as Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan are managing each and every year to win big cash. Sometimes they can traverse very good periods in which they win large amounts of money however there are times when they are losing a lot. This is the situation with Tom Dwain. In the first 4 months of the 2010 he managed to win almost 7 million dollars. But after this amazing period he began to drop big money. Even though he is still the most successful player in 2010 he dropped more than half of what he has won.

But not every one knows how to play the game like a pro. Many are playing online poker just to have some fun. Usually they are not investing big sums of money. The other version of poker, the live one, is not accessible to every one. When I'm saying this I'm referring to the live poker tournaments. In this kind of competitions are entering some of the best players in the world.

But this depends very much on how big and how popular is that specific tournament. In this year's World Series of Poker took part top notch poker players including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey and Phill Hellmuth. Such players managed in they poker career to win from live poker tournaments more than 10 million of dollars. Such players managed to take the game to perfection. These players beside being very successful in live tournaments are also managing to win big cash through online poker tournaments. Such player is Phil Ivey. This year at one point he was one of the most successful player at Full Tilt poker.

Around the world are taking place a lot of great live poker tournaments. Some of the most popular locations are: Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Paris, and many others. Some of the best and most popular poker tournaments are: the European Poker Tour(EPT), World Poker Tour(WPT) World Series of Poker(WSOP). One tournament in which every professional poker player in the world wants to participate is the World Series Of Poker.

This tournament manages to attract every year poker players from all over the world. The prizes that are given to the winners are really big. Last year's WSOP was won by Joe Cada and for his amazing performance he got the first place prize worth approximately 8 million dollars. Another poker tournament that is very popular in Europe is the European Poker Tour. This tournament is managed and organized by the world's biggest poker website also known as Pokerstars. The EPT hosts tournaments in many European countries including Germany, Austria, France, Italy. This particular tournament is without a doubt one of the best organized in Europe.