High stakes poker

Started as a game played by Mafia member and criminals in dark secret rooms, poker is now played on TV or on the internet. The players also changed in time and now anyone has access to the wonderful and exciting world of poker.

The most attractive and famous type of poker is the high stakes poker. On these tables the pots reach constantly hundreds of thousands of dollars so is easy to understand why they gather so many spectators.

Poker player or not, anyone can dream to play against the most famous poker legends with bricks of $100 notes on the table. To get into that special circle of high stakes players you need lots of money and extraordinary poker skills. If you don’t meet these two criteria, you can only sit and watch the “special” ones playing.

The high stakes poker game more popularity thanks to the TV series called “High Stakes Poker”. This TV show was the first cash game in the history of television. The show started in 2006 and reached six seasons. The games are played in different Las Vegas casinos and the poker players that appeared in all six seasons include Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, and Daniel Negreanu.

The frenzy of high stakes poker also took over the internet poker rooms so all major poker rooms have now high stakes tables. On these tables you can find all sorts of players starting with rich amateurs and finishing with the famous poker players.

Poker Stars and Titan Poker are just two of the best places to watch high stakes poker and even to give it a try but only if you have sufficient funds that you can afford to lose.