Poker is a game that has exploded onto both our computers and tv screens, becoming enormously popular within a short space of time. Whether you are a poker pro yourself and a bit of a shark, or completely clueless about how the game works, betting on poker can be fun and exciting and there are many tournaments and games to choose from worldwide.

The basics of poker are simple, although the advance rules and hands can leave many confused! Players sit at a table and are dealt cards of which only they can see. These are called 'hands'. A hand can be good, or bad and players with a bad hand usually do not bet and 'fold' and do not continue playing until the current game ends and another hand is dealt. A player with a good hand will keep playing and hope their hand is better than the other players. The dealer will deal more cards which all players can see and a hand can be made better or worse by these cards, with players each betting, folding or waiting each time a new card is dealt. At the end of the game, the remaining players show their cards and whoever has the best cards wins the pot of bets.

The World Series of Poker is the tournament that many choose to bet on, with competitors all around the world often playing by satellite online to win a place. This makes the game very unpredictable in terms of who is best to bet on - it's anyone game and many champions have been complete unknowns! Odds are often fantastic in these games and if you choose a winner you could walk away with almost as much as he does.