Poker.com
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Poker.com is an online poker cardroom launched in May 2005. Prior to that time the Poker.com URL was home to a poker information portal. The website still contains information about poker rules, games, history and poker tournaments. Poker.com is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.
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[edit] Software
Poker.com's software is proprietary and offers unique features, such as rabbit hunting, expose one card, different tourney final tables, and player tagging.
Individual players are able to choose their own avatar and are awarded accolades and stars for their poker achievements which can be displayed on their player box.
[edit] Games and tournaments
Texas hold 'em and Omaha poker games are offered. Tournaments are offered both in Sit & Go tournaments and multi-table formats. Poker.com offers satellite tournaments to real world poker events. There are World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour satellites, not just to the main events, but also to the smaller events like Omaha and Ladies-only tournaments. Poker.com also has qualifiers for the Aussie Millions tournament. Poker.com is also the home of the Blogger Poker Tour series of tournaments just for blog owners. A charity tournament is also held every month, with the winner choosing a worthy charity for the donated funds. They also have 50 dollar freerolls every 2 hours that are open to everyone.
[edit] Community
The cardroom has a regularly updated Poker blog and member forum. Tina Wallmann is known as the Queen of Hearts at Poker.com, and is the site's spokesperson.
