Online poker gambling is the newest Internet craze. With online poker gambling, you can play poker for fun or cash at any time of the day or night. You don’t have to wait for your friends to to come over and play – there’s always someone online wanting to play poker.

Part of the reason online poker gambling has become so big is the big prizes for both in person and online tournaments. It seems to have all started when Chris Moneymaker, a professional accountant, turned a $39 online poker tournament entry fee into $2.5 million dollars. His initial entry fee of $39 at PokerStars led him to the final table of the annual World Series of Poker in 2003. He won the grand prize by taking first place and since then, many people have expressed more interest in online poker gambling.

Most online poker gambling web sites will offer you two options – to play for fun or to play for cash. When you play for fun, they give you a certain amount of poker chips, which can be reloaded if you lose all of them. If you decide to play for money, you must make a deposit at the site. You can then play at regular tables or enter tournaments. The amounts vary, so you can spend as little – or as much – as you like with online poker gambling.

Even if you do not know how to play poker, give online poker gambling a try. There are few better ways to learn than to just jump in, watch, and learn from others who have more experience.