Modern day poker has come a long way since the days of backroom card games. Texas Hold' Em is today's most popular form of poker, with the no limit form colloquially known as "the Cadillac of poker", the game draws big money tournaments, and nose bleed high stakes cash games.

Poker is not just for those playing in big money cash games, or the weekly million dollar tournaments offered online. In fact, there is poker for players who have absolutely no bankroll at all! Many great players started off playing in free games, or won a freeroll tournament to start their poker careers.

Mobile poker is currently booming. The number of online poker rooms that are offering a mobile poker software version is growing fast. More and more players start to enjoy playing poker straight from their mobile phones and tablets no matter where they find themselves.

Before you can play real money online poker at your chosen poker site or sites, you need to be able to get real money sent to them, in other words, you need to make a deposit. As time goes on you may also want to increase your bankroll there by making further deposits, or consolidate your bankroll by moving money from one poker site to another.

Zoom Poker is a brand new concept that was introduced to the online poker industry by Full Tilt Poker, where it’s called Rush Poker. The PokerStars version is called Zoom poker and this new and revolutionary online poker game is able to take the online poker experience to a totally new level by cutting down the waiting time between hands to virtually zero.

The Texas Hold'em is definitely the most popular game and the cash games are considered to be an excellent way to start your way in the online poker world. In case you are a beginner player the number one thing that you will want to hit is the cash tables and since you have little to no experience playing you will probably want to stick to the small stakes games.

There is only one true way to improve your game and experience is crucial to winning at poker - that means getting on the tables and learning from your mistakes and successes. However, there is no harm in considering some important basics to help you to understand how playing hands more optimally can increase your profits.

Tight aggressive poker players can be some of the toughest opponents you'll ever face online. The first step in learning how to deal with tight aggressive players is learning how to recognize them. A tight aggressive player does not play many hands in comparison to a casual player, but plays most of the hands that he or she in a very aggressive manner.

Tight passive poker players can be frustrating opponents. If you recognize passive, tight poker players when you are playing against them, you can adjust your game to take advantage of their tendencies though. Tight poker players tend to play fewer hands than the other players at the table.

Loose aggressive online poker players play more hands than average, and they play most of them in an aggressive manner. "Loose" is a relative term - it's used to compare the tendencies of the other players at the table. For the experienced player, there are games where a great deal of money can be made playing a loose aggresive style.