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Smoking Aces: Poker dramatic increase in Asia

10 years ago, Poker in Asia was a product largely unknown and could not choose a poker player a crowd. Today, I'd be hard pressed to find someone who does not play the game, or at least does not know how it works.

While that was popular throughout the United States - specifically in California - and in some parts of Europe, poker remained in the dark among Asian countries. For a long time, land-based companies, have expressed interest in pursuing the Asian market, but have failed in part because most of these countries - With the exception of Macao - banned any form of gambling. As a result, poker is still a Western game, completely separated from the East.

10 years later and is a completely different story.

It is no secret that the popularity of poker has experienced an unprecedented increase with the introduction of online poker. Not only that, but introduced the transmissions of the World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour game to millions of viewers occasional.

But more importantly, the introduction of poker way to Asia as countries gradually began to open its collective arms to land and online gambling.

The attractiveness of Asia as a region of crazy poker is no surprise considering that almost half the world's population can be found there. China and India account for nearly 2.5 million people when they are combined and not even telling Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines - Densely populated countries in its own right. With all of these people who start to become familiar with the game and attraction that comes with it, was only a matter of time before the poker games and poker tournaments in the region exploded.

And now, to say that Texas Hold 'Em, without doubt, the most popular poker is played everywhere is an understatement. poker rooms are springing up like seeds in every rule in Asia. Macao, a country dominated by baccarat is slowly beginning to experience the thrill of poker. In recent years, has received numerous poker tournaments including the 2008 Asian Poker Tour Macau. By Indeed, the APT now has its very own poker room in the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino.

Even in the Philippines, poker is growing faster than you can say, "All-In!" The country has received a lot of tournaments, not least of which is the Asian Poker Tour. As a matter of fact, the success APT tournament last year - which attracted more than 316 poker players from around the world - has led to the conclusion APT another tournament to kick off the 2009 season. The Asian Poker Tour Philippines 2009 will be held from January 27 to February 1, 2009 at the Dusit Thani Manila Hotel and is widely expected that some of the best poker players around the world will participate in the event.

poker players in Asia have also become pivotal in the spread of poker in Asia. Some of the best poker players in the world, including Johnny Chan, Men "The Master" Nguyen, JC Tran, Nam Le, Steve sung, C Quinn, David Rheem and Kwang Soo Lee all its roots in Asia and their impact on the world poker scene has not gone unnoticed.

With the meteoric rise of poker in Asia, only seems inevitable that more and more of the future will come from top poker players in the region. It is a testimony of a game that only ten years ago was not even an afterthought. From the darkness of the dark, poker has become one of the most popular games in Asia.

With things as van, is a safe bet that poker is far from reaching its peak of popularity and that is good news not only for Asia but for the whole world.

About the Author

Kirby Garlitos is the Marketing and Communications Coordinator of Asian Poker Tour. He also writes articles about poker and the like. Visit www.asianpt.com for more.

Rosette Siriban has been in the SEO industry for more than 4 years now. She is currently the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Specialist of Asian Poker Tour and other brands.

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