This is not your grandfather’s game of poker. In fact, more and more people are turning to the internet when they want to play a game. In just the last nine years alone, revenues from online poker sites have seen a huge rise. Revenues went from under $83 million in 2001 to over $83 billion in 2005. However, some of this is due to what is known as the Moneymaker Effect. Chris Moneymaker lived a Cinderella story in 2004 when he purchased a $40 buy-in on an online poker site. By winning the tournament, he got a seat at the World Series of Poker where his luck continued and he eventually took the title and took home $2.5 million.

Among the variations of poker games, no-Limit tournament has far more popular appeal than either cash or limit poker games. Tournament holdem and its variations is the game of choice among 75% of online players. No-limit is the go-to game of all cash games and those who have a great deal of experience with tournament games will find the transition takes little effort.