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Below are the 24 essential questions regarding online Texas Hold Em Poker. From beginner to pro get informed here.

1. Why is it called Texas Hold’em?
2. Where can I learn to play Texas Hold’em?
3. Where can I play for “play” money?
4. If I play for real money, what is the best site to play at?
5. Do poker professionals play poker online?
6. Which sites do the pros play on?
7. Is playing poker on the Internet safe?
8. What does it mean for a site to be regulated / licensed?
9. Why aren’t the online poker sites regulated by the United States government?
10. Wait a minute, so is online gambling legal?,
11. So, given the legal situation, am I supposed to pay taxes on my poker winnings?
12. What happens if I don’t pay my taxes?
13. I heard that I can save money by filing a Schedule C with the IRS if I play full time, can you explain this?
14. If I decide to play at PartyPoker / Pacific Poker / etc, what deposit option should I use?
15. I have a PayPal account, can I use that to fund my PartyPoker / etc account?
16. I’ve heard that the online poker sites are rigged. Is this true?
17. I’ve heard sites use shills, props or bots to rig their site, what are these?
18. Can PartyPoker or other sites be rigged by the players?
19. I keep hearing about active and passive collusion. What is collusion?
20. What are the online poker rooms doing to stop collusion?
21. What is “chip dumping”?
22. Can players use hacking software to gain an advantage or hack into the actual poker servers?
23. What are the ‘pattern mappers’ on eBay and do they really work?
24. How do I protect my computer from being hacked by other players?