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What is Texas Holdem?

If you ask a professional poker player, he will surely tell you that the most popular poker variation is Texas Holdem. This card game is very well-known all around the world. At Party Poker and all online poker rooms Texas Holdem is the most frequently played poker game. Almost all new gamblers start playing Texas Holdem and after that they try the other poker variants. It is so, because Texas Holdem is very easy to be learned and in the same time it is interesting to be played. 


As you probably know, most of the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour events are Texas Holdem tournaments. And of course, the championships' main events are always Texas Holdem tourneys. If we talk about the history of Texas Holdem, we don't have some concrete information about where and when Texas Holdem poker was first played. A legend tells that the game was first played in Robstown, Texas in the early 1900s and it came to Dallas, Texas in 1925. The game was 'brought' in Vegas of a group of Texas gamblers and card players. Part of this group were Amarillo Slim, Crandell Addington and Doyle Brunson. The bookmakers Terry Rogers and 'The Gentleman' Liam Flood introduced Texas Holdem in Europe. 

As everyone can see, nowadays the popularity of Texas Holdem increases every single day. One of the reasons for the popularity of Texas Holdem is that it can be found in every online poker room. To play Texas Holdem several times a week wasn't possible for many people, but today with the convenience of Internet everyone can become a part of the world's poker 'family'. Imagine that you live somewhere in the middle west and you want to play poker, but the nearest casino is too far. In this case you won't have the opportunity to carry out your wish. Fortunately, online poker rooms as Party Poker give millions of people the chance to play their favorite poker game. 

Another point that makes Texas Holdem an extremely popular and loved game at Party Poker is that it is available night and day, so you can play it whenever it is suitable for you. It is also very important to say that Party Poker gives you a lot of opportunities to win while playing Texas Holdem games or participate in tournaments. The most popular Party Poker's tournaments as the Million Dollar Guaranteed tournament, $750K Guaranteed tournament, Party Poker Million Cruise tournament and so on are Texas Holdem events. You can be convinced that if you have ever played Texas Holdem, you will never stop. 

Visiting Party Poker, you won't have any difficulties if you want to play Texas Holdem. Here you will learn the rules of the game, you will find the best winning strategies and tips and you will be taught how to participate in a Texas Holdem tournament. 

If you want to enjoy and make money, Party Poker is the most appropriate poker room for you. Here you can play Texas Holdem 24 hours a day without any problems and the best part is that you have real chances to win large amounts of money.

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