По́кер (англ. poker) — коммерческая карточная игра (то есть игра на деньги, в которой выигрыш или проигрыш определяется в бо́льшей степени умением игрока, нежели везением, в отличие от игр азартных), цель которой — выиграть ставки, собрав как можно более высокую покерную комбинацию, используя 5 карт, или вынудив всех соперников прекратить участвовать в игре. Игра идёт с полностью или частично закрытыми картами. Конкретные правила могут варьироваться в зависимости от разновидности покера. Обобщающими элементами всех разновидностей покера являются комбинации и наличие торговли в процессе игры..... more

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The poker room and poker network rankings are based our observations of the real money hands and tournaments played in recent weeks. A #1 indicates the most active room/network. A room without a #1, #2 or #3 means PokerPulse does not estimate activity for that room/network.

The letters in the ranking have the following meaning:

PP in the rank column indicates the room/network is operated by and owned by a publicly traded company.

P in the rank column indicates the room/network is either operated by or owned by a publicly traded company.

Pp in the rank column indicates the room/network operator is a publicly traded company and some of the rooms on the network are owned by publicly traded companies.

X indicates that neither the room/network owner or operator is a publicly traded company.

_ indicates a to be determined status for public / private ownership.

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