Play Poker for Free on Facebook?

by Bodog Poker | Apr 1 2009

Poker has taken the world by storm over the last six years. After ESPN showed the world that even an unknown amateur could win the World Series of Poker, everyone wanted to play poker. Since 2003 millions of people have been watching the game on television and playing online. Poker has become easy to play at anytime of the day, for any amount of money, for anyone who wants to play.  Action is available in just about any live casino, online, or in home games with friends, and over 100 million people worldwide play the game.

Poker-related companies know that the best way for the game to grow is to expose more people to it. Poker is such a powerful microcosm of life that almost everyone who plays it enjoys themselves. The thrill of hitting a big hand or out-playing an opponent with a bluff and stealing away a big pile of chips provides players with emotions that they rarely experience in life. But poker is still a game that many types of people don't play. There are still many people who would like to play, but won't take the step to go on a poker website and download the software.

The poker industry figured out a great way to bring new players to the game a few years ago. They started offering free games for anyone who wanted to try their luck, without having to risk any money, as they improved their skills. That reached a lot of players who might have been a little timid about playing, but it didn't reach as many new players as the poker software on Facebook has.

Facebook introduced poker software as one of the applications in 2007. The application immediately became one of the most popular on the site, and within a couple of months of its release over 150,000 Facebook users were playing the game. Today there are 11,322,404 monthly active users. They offer a standard no-limit cash game where players get 200 chips to start with, and they get more free chips if they can sign up friends to play.

The impact that a network like Facebook has is that it introduces the game to an entire new demographic of player. The act of having to go to a poker room is eliminated, and new players who would never have enjoyed the game have easy access to it. All of a sudden everyone's aunt or grandmother is playing poker and chatting with all their friends who have joined them on their cyber-table. Users can even have private tables with friends, or play in tournaments organized by the application.

As expected, the games are loose and more social than the average real-money games out there, so anyone who plays with a bit of caution can have success and build a chip stack in these games. And all these people now realize that poker is fun, and that they have a chance to win no matter their playing level.

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