August 10, 2005

Poker online is played worldwide in tournament games with satellite television transmissions from virtually any point on the globe. Uplinegames reports online poker is expected to be a $6 billion business by the year 2006.

(PRWEB) -- Poker online frenzy Texas Hold'em started when an accountant by the name of Chris Moneymaker won $2.5 million at a WSOP event in 2003 from a $40 entry fee online. July 2005 Joseph Hachem a 39-year-old chiropractor from Australia is $7.5m richer after emerging from a field of 5,600 players to win the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Uplinegames (http://www.uplinegames.com) claims everyone has a chance to be the next Moneymaker or Hachem. "Thats the charm of the game, everyone has a chance win. Poker is a sporting event full of strategy and a pinch of luck" states D.Lewis of Texas, a lawyer by day and poker wannabe champ by night. "I come home and relax in a tournament online" admits Lewis.