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It seems even the very conservative leaning Fox news is coming around to the benefits of legalizing online poker. Not one of the hosts is hostile about the possibility of legalized online poker.

After months of submissions to Change.gov -an initiative allowing U.S. citizens to voice their concerns- the final vote is in, and legal online poker was the #1 concern in technology, and #11 overall garnering 46,890 points.

The entry that shot online poker to the top was written by Aaron Huertas of Washington D.C., who submitted the following:

For anyone who doesn’t know, a poker bot is not the latest villain in the new Transformers movie. Although a 20’ tall alien robot wreaking havoc on earth is a scary proposition; even scarier to online poker players is the idea that a computer generated program is beating them in a game of poker!

Online poker has hit a major crossroads over the last couple years, trending toward a seller's market. The shift away from a buyer's market began in 2006 when whispers began of the US Government attempts to ban online poker.

The head of online poker was effectively cut off in October 2006, when Party Poker (the #1 online poker site at the time) decided to ban US players from it's site. Party's decision was followed by similar action from dozens of sites, many of them top rakeback and bonuses sites.

A while back I wrote a piece about making the transition from the online game to playing live poker. This article is the follow-up to that one, focusing on live players making the switch to online poker.

The reasons I call online poker a fast food chain are:

highlights of the PPA and Greg Raymer making the point for legalized poker at CPAC

If you play poker, then head over to worlds biggest online poker room, PokerStars today. It has just announced a new team event called the "Americas Cup of Poker".
With total $250,000 in prize money, the "Americas Cup of Poker" will pit poker players from 16
countries from the Western Hemisphere against each other.

Online players have the facility to play in best Poker Rooms made available by many website owners. Well known Poker Player Gus Hansen started his journey to fame from one of these very online sites.

Online poker cheating is impossible learn why! More information about online poker cheating in the past.