General rules are the same, the strongest is royal flush, after royal comes straight flush, then four of a kind, after four of a kind there is a full house, then flush, next one is straight, after straight comes three of a kind, then two pair, then one pair, and in the end high card or no-pair.
In some games like Lowball or Low poker, beginners have to pay attention, the lowest hand wins the game.
Today there are serious online tournament playing, for the big money. Best online poker players on the world are enjoying a celebrity star treatment. Playing and winning can bring a lot of money to the player and it can even take him to the one of the traditional poker card game tournaments.
There are more of those players that are losing money by playing online poker than ones that are actually winning, but the beauty of the gambling is to outsmart your opponents and to stay last “sitting” on the table.
Most of the online poker players are playing for fun in leisure time. After hard working day they are enjoying to go online, sit comfortably, relax, and get in one of the online poker rooms and play.
Most of the poker game version were created in the first part of the twentieth century in the United States, and on the end of the same century first online game of poker were played. Since then there have been hundreds and hundreds websites with this game.
If you think you are smart enough, you can try your luck, and with a little practice, maybe you will start winning some money.