Texas Holdem Poker - most played game in Facebook!

Date: Tue, May 5, 2009 Internet

If you are a Facebook member, you probably play poker using Zynga's Texas Holdem Poker game. This is a simple play money game where you can also interact with your facebook buddies by earning titles and sending chips. Some tournaments makes this game more interesting. If you have ever questioned how many people play this game, here is the answer:

Last month there were 12,377,179 active players (increased by 1,054,775 from month before)

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Poker hand replayers and converters

Date: Sat, Apr 25, 2009 Internet

Web 2.0 is about sharing the user created content. What content is the most popular in poker 2.0 realm? Pictures with poker buddies, screenshots of tournament winnings, blog posts on how the poker room is rigged :) and, of course, poker hands. The bad beat or a good hand can create a very active discussion and make the player known and popular if he had played some online poker pro. Web 2.0 is not only about creating the content, but also about sharing it. If you post a hand log to your favorite forum, it will not count as web 2.0 as forums are virtual communities and not social networks.

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What can be interesting to poker players in Facebook

Date: Wed, Apr 15, 2009 Internet

Facebook unites a lot of poker players or at least people who are interested in poker. Lots of poker pros post their pictures and updates on Facebook. So what features can Facebook offer to people who are starting with Facebook or desire to spend more time there? The first place every poker player should visit at Facebook's poker room – Zynga's Texas Holdem Poker. It looks like a real poker room, only there are no real money games here. As most applications in Facebook it also has the results comparison with your friends, various challenges, sending gifts etc. The play is just for fun, so if you expect some real action, you can be dissapointed very quickly.

There are lots of other poker applications which are similar, but definitely not so popular. All of them are play money only. If one gets bored with Texas Holdem, there is always a chance to play Video Poker – the simple application with a simple way to waste one's time :) Another interesting application or a group of applications is poker quizzes and tests. They are quite short, of course, but solving them can still be interesting and contagious to your friends. What Type Of Poker Player Are You? – interesting short Quiz which shows your player character according to a few answers to the questions about poker play situations.

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