The Best Poker Rooms Guide

Welcome, esteemed reader, to the Gentleman's Guide to Online Poker. My team of scholarly associates and I will serve as stalwart guides and instructors for your journey through the best online poker rooms and gambling saloons. On these pages you will find information and rankings for the best online card rooms and poker sites as determined by our fastidious research department. This guide also includes basic rules for playing favorite gentleman's games such as Texas Holdem, Omaha and 7 Card Stud Poker, reference pages such as the rank of poker hands and the best starting hands, and a scroll of valuable tips for tournament play.

All of the sites contained on these pages have rooms where you can play for fun. If you then decide to wager legal tender against your opponents online, you can sign up as a real player and earn an initial deposit bonus from any (**or all**) of the poker rooms.

The Best Poker Sites

If you are already familar with playing poker and just want to know where to play online, we have listed the best poker sites below so that we don't waste your precious time !

pokerstars.com : for those seeking the best poker room overall

fulltiltpoker.com : for the biggest bonus. . . of titanic proportions

pacificpoker.com : the best European poker room

The Best Online Casinos Ranked

In addition to ranking the best live online card rooms, our reference manual also ranks other forms of gentleman's entertainment such as playing roulette, baccarat and craps at the best online casinos, which are also ranked by type of game. And there are even more pages with rules, strategy & tips for playing blackjack, slots, and video poker, as well as a selection of the best poker books and a directory of other informative resource guides.