Just like the online casino world, the online poker world is aimed at the PC crowd. But, there are place to go play cards online against other real people, right from in front of you Mac. One place is Full Tilt Poker.
Full Tilt is the online poker room where all of the top pros play. Well, not every single one of them, but a LOT. Mike Matusow, Jesus Ferguson, John Juanda, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harmon, and on and on.
The great thing about this room is that there is a downloadable program you use to join in on the games. It's not Flash-based, it's a regular program, like all the PC users get. With all of the bells and whistles that the extra power of a program sitting on your computer can provide.
Also, with all of the pros involved at the room, it's one of those poker rooms that are "by the players, for the players". And, believe it or not, that makes a difference. While I think casino people are wonderful folks, they can't set up a good poker game like a good poker player. They just don't know the subtleties. At Full Tilt, they do.
You can join in on freerolls, which are poker tournaments you play for free. The prizes are real, but the games don't cost anything to enter. There are also Sit and Go tournaments, where the game starts as soon as all the seats at the table fill up. These are like invitations right to the final table of a tournament.
Of course there are huge multi-table tournaments, and many of them have guaranteed prize pools which are huge. It's nothing to sit at home and play in a tournament with $100,000 in prizes!
Besides the tournaments, there are what they call ring games. They're also known as cash games. The blinds never go up, you just sit down and play poker. Get up whenever you feel like it, whether you're ahead a couple of bucks or busted out. If you lose all of your chips, you can buy back into the game. You don't automatically lose your seat like you would in a tournament.
There are different betting styles of texas holdem, and you can find them all at Full Tilt. There is fixed limit betting, pot limit betting, and the ever-popular No Limit games.
The only thing they do at Full Tilt is play poker. So, there are no blackjack tables, no slots, no video poker machines. Just card tables where you play poker against other players. There are some other rooms online where you can play poker on a mac, but Full Tilt is the one I recommend.
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