Poker is one of the world’s most played games and is becoming more mainstream every single day, with the World Series of Poker sparking that popularity. One can trace this spark to 2003 when the World Series of Poker drew in well over 1 million viewers and started the original poker boom. This led to an explosion of shows, apps, and events involving poker, which all saw increased viewership and participation.
Things stopped in 2011 when the United States passed an indictment against some of the biggest names in poker, also known as Black Friday. The passing of the indictment made it difficult for developers to host real money games, and some believed this was the end of online poker. However, one can look now at the landscape and see that online poker is alive, well, and still extremely popular despite only a few states offering real money games. With this happening, we’re seeing more free popular poker apps rising to prominence because they are legal in every state.
In this piece, we will show three of the best free-to-play poker apps worth your time.
Appeak Poker
An easy suggestion for this list whether you’re a professional who has been playing poker for years or you’re a rookie looking for some friendly competition, Appeak Poker is for you. One cool aspect of Appeak is the fact that there isn’t a lot of clutter on-screen when you’re in a match. Some poker apps will bombard users with advertisements and notifications to buy more premium currency, not Appeak. Going onto skill level, Appeak Poker makes it easy to find the kind of poker YOU want to play. If you’re looking for hardcore competition, the Appeak leaderboards have always been highly competitive; if you’re searching for something more casual, the Play Now function makes it easier than ever to find a poker game quickly to start playing and chatting with competitors.
World Poker Club
Touted as your standard poker app, World Poker Club is sleek and easy to use, allowing gamers to get right into the action. What sets World Poker Club apart from other apps though, is how it allows players to engage with each other during the game. Most apps have buttons for the usual actions one takes in poker, but WPC takes the functionality to another level by making touch gestures for those actions. Double tapping on your phone to check/call, and flicking up to fold, makes playing online poker much more convenient for newcomers and veterans alike.
World Series of Poker
As we mentioned at the top of this article, it was the World Series of Poker that set off the Poker Boom over a decade ago. Now with gaming developer EA, World Series of Poker has a full-fledged app for users to sink their teeth into. The free-to-play poker app gives you 1,000,000 chips to start with and a plethora of game modes for both single-player and multiplayer fans alike. What sets WSOP apart from the other apps is the inclusion of Pot-Luck Omaha, a deviation from the usual No-Limit Hold Em’.
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