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Free Poker Games on the Web
Free Poker Games on the Web
Finding a poker game that you can join without having to register for
or
downloading anything isn't always so easy to find. However many poker
rooms, where you play with real money, do also offer games using play
money. Nevertheless many are scared off by the
required
registration and the sometimes compulsory
download. Here are a few
possibilities, where you can find a quick and easy round of poker to
play
without any hidden strings attached.
Yahoo
Poker
Whoever
has a free Yahoo account, can play any of the games offered on
Yahoo.com. One of the card games available is a multiplayer No Limit
(NL) Texas Holdem for up to 10 players. Here they have various game
rooms for
different playing levels from beginner to advanced. There is also a
chat function and you will find everything needed for a poker game.
However the biggest downside is clearly the boring graphics.

| Provider |
http://games.yahoo.com/card-games |
| Type
of poker played |
NL
Texas Holdem |
| Number
of players |
2
- 10 |
| Lobby |
 |
| Ranking
list |
 |
| Registration
required |
Yahoo
Account |
Comments
|
Poker
variant in brower without any downloads needed, but with only fair
graphics. |
ICQ Poker
The beloved and widely used chat client ICQ also has a
poker game.
Unfortunately you can only play HeadsUp, however it is quite easy and
fun to challenge your contacts to play with you and then the game is
not so anonymous as in other game rooms. They also have a matchmaking
system for players. The results of every game go into an player
evaluation and
depending on your winnings or loses, you get the corresponding points
added to your ranking list. This can be then used to find players with
your playing level to play against.

| Provider |
ICQ.com |
| Type
of poker played |
NL
Texas Holdem |
| Number
of players |
2 |
| Lobby |
 |
| Ranking
list |
 |
| Registration
required |
ICQ
Account
|
Comments
|
Good
HeadsUp with pleasing graphics.
|
Single Player Flash
Game at various sites for example: zuhausepokern.de
Various sites offer a Flash game played against the
computer for a quick game here and there. Depending on the website,
some offer a ranking list which often require a player registration.
Please note: some of the providers for flash games are only able to
finance themselves by selling email addresses. However you do
not need to register at the site introduced here:
zuhausepokern.de and it does not provide any client
information to third parties.

| Provider |
zuhausepokern.de
(is also available at other various sites)
|
| Type
of poker played |
NL
Texas Holdem |
| Number
of players |
1 |
| Lobby |
 |
| Ranking
list |
 |
| Registration
required |
No
|
Comments
|
For
a quick qame against the computer for your next lunch break.
Is played in a the browswer and doesn't require any downloads.
|
Online
Poker at NBC
The TV station NBC offers two
varieties of poker games on their website. They have a HeadsUp browser
that is identical to the ICQ version and they also have free download
game that can be played with up to 6 people. The big attraction to play
here is that you can qualify (Americans only) to play in the Live poker
TV Show - NBC Heads Up Championship.
 
| Provider |
NBC
TV
|
| Type
of poker played |
NL
Texas Holdem |
| Number
of players |
2
- 6 |
| Lobby |
 |
| Ranking
list |
 |
| Registration
required |
Yes,
fudge on the registration and give your current address somewhere in
the USA
|
Comments
|
Very
good with players of the highest quality
|
PokerTH - Multi Player Download Game for Lan and Internet
The open source game from PokerTH doesn't leave any
wishes from the ambitious poker player unanswered. It doesn't matter if
you want to play with 2 people over the internet or if you want to have
a tournament at your next LAN party with 50 players, with PokerTH this
is all possible. You can save avatars for players and you can design
the table layout and the cards yourself.

| Provider |
PokerTH.net
|
| Type
of poker played |
NL
Texas Holdem |
| Number
of players |
2
- unlimited |
| Lobby |
 |
| Ranking
list |
 |
| Registration
required |
None
required, but only available as a download
|
Comments
|
Very
good playing varieties and the possibility to start multi-table LAN
tournaments.
|
As you can see, there are many possibilities to play
poker against other players without registering or having to download
any programs. You can also give the established poker providers a
chance, the registration is usually done very quickly, you know you are
free from spamming and you have a larger variety of the types of poker
to play and players to play against than in most of the other
providers.
Therefore we will introduce last but not least, the play money version
from Pokerstars, the largest online poker room.
Play money at
Pokerstars.com
At Pokerstars, the market leader in online poker, there is a large
offering of tables to play with play money. You can choose from almost
every poker type (Texan Holdem, Omaha, etc), there are ranking lists,
free roll tournaments, with prizes and much more. Pokerstars is by far
the best in software quality and has the best variety of games compared
to the other providers that have been introduced on this page, which is
to be expected since they are using the same software for the play
money and the real money tables.

| Provider |
Pokerstars.com
|
| Type
of poker played |
NL
Texas Holdem, Omaha, Razz, Seven Card Stud, Draw Poker, Baduggi and
much more
|
| Number
of players |
2
to unlimited |
| Lobby |
 |
| Ranking
list |
 |
| Registration
required |
Registration
and download of the client is necessary
|
Comments
|
Even
with playmoney, Pokerstars knows what it is doing. |

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