The Start Of Online Poker.
It wouldn’t be long before online poker became more user friendly, and for real money. Planet Poker made its online debut in 1998. Created by Randy Blumer, and endorsed by popular poker player Mike Caro, Planet Poker would be the start of a truly phenomenal trend. Although small in size at its creation, the fact that you could play for real money, without the complexity and risk of meeting up in real life, was a massive draw for players. Pj’s and poker was an enticing concept. Bugs perplexed Planet Poker and the degree was restricted, as you could just play Texas Hold'em.Soon a new heavy weight would enter the ring. Paradise Poker would very rapidly take over as king pin in the online poker world. It was a smoother system with more options such as Omaha and 7 card stud. Paradise Poker’s popularity is surrounded in conspiracy though. On the day of its launch, Planet Poker just so happened to have a massive and long lasting outage. They are pulling people towards Paradise...