Online poker continues to grow in popularity. The thrill of winning money from others draws hundreds of thousands of players to this online game. Poker players love grinding out table after table and hand after hand, hoping to build their bankroll and move up to the high stakes games and playing against the top players.

Unfortunately, building an online poker bankroll is not as easy as it used to be. Gone are the days of poker sites throwing bonus money at players in an attempt to draw them to their site. Savvy players were members of over a dozen sites, taking advantage of the generous sign up and monthly bonuses. It was easy for a player to make hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month in bonus money alone. Low limit players could systematically, and in short time, move up in limits, and new players were able to learn the game with the safety net of bonus dollars.

Once online poker sites stopped giving out regular bonuses it became more difficult for low limit players to build their bankroll and move up in limits. The high rake taken at most poker sites made the games nearly unbeatable.  Read more... (376 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Computer games have become more and more popular over the last ten to fifteen years. Many people can get lost in a computer game for days without ever looking away from their screen. Many different reasons can make a computer game your favorite, great action, amazing role playing, hard hitting sports action, or just a really great story. Here are my 5 favorite computer games of all time:

The fifth best computer game of all time has to be Doom. This amazing first person shooter paved the way for hundreds of games for many years after its release. Doom had very interesting levels with different things to shoot from Nazis to zombies. It also helped to launch professional gaming competitions, and brought fellow gamers together in LAN parties.

The fourth best computer game of all time is a real time strategy game named Populous. The graphics in this game are not very good, but it is more than made up for by the amazingly addictive game play. The main purpose of this game is to try to take one person and make them into a huge thriving civilization. To do this you need to make sure that you have the correct balance of hunters, builders, priests, and of course warriors. Once you have built up your community to the point where you think you can defeat your enemies, then it is time to attack and conquer the world.  Read more... (454 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)