There are currently a large number of professional poker players with huge bankrolls taking seats at the online poker rooms and exchanging six-figure pots between one another on a regular basis. However, where should we be looking if we want to observe some of these high stakes games? This article will help to face you in the right direction to find some big poker names as well as some equally big pots.
The majority of professional poker players reside on the Full Tilt poker room. This is mainly due to the fact that Full Tilt has made deals with the individual poker players so that they will only play at their room, and that they will play at the room on a regular basis. Additionally, FT also provides a great poker client and so it is only natural that the pros are happy to play at the FT tables. There are also a number of other rooms such as Ultimate Bet and Absolute that have deals with poker pros, but these are usually not as famous and not as abundant as the pros that you can find on the FT poker room.
Full Tilt plays host to pros such as Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Howard Lederer and many more. Whereas Ultimate Bet currently has pros like Antonio Esfandiari and Annie Duke, whilst Absolute settles with Mike Mizrachi. The best time to find these players is during the evenings in American time, so if you are living in Europe you may have to wait to the later stages of the night before you see too many famous names playing at the tables.
So now that you know where the pros play, where should you be looking for some juicy high stakes action? Well as you might expect, Full Tilt offers some very high stakes tables including the $300/$600 No Limit Texas Holdem Tables along with a $500/$1000 Cap No Limit Texas Holdem game. The cap games prevents players from placing more than 30 Bets into the pot in any one hand, so although the stakes are lower, you may find that bigger pots will be won at the $300/$600 tables.
The Microgaming network also has a number of high stakes tables on offer, but the fact that the rooms on this network no longer accept US players means that there is not as much action as you might find on Full Tilt. However, if high stakes action is what you are looking for, you should look no further than Full Tilt and possibly even a room on the Microgaming network.
