Global Poker

We have had a look at some of the countries where poker is popular. Below is the list of the countries that we have examined. You will find some interesting info on each countries top poker players, a history of poker in that country, that countries law on poker, where to play live plus where poker players from that country like to play online.

So if your looking to read up on your Global Poker info this is the best place to be. We will try and add more Countries as time goes on. Poker is growing fast, and expanding into new countries all the time. So we will also try and keep up to date and add new Countries to our Global Poker chart as new poker markets appear.

So here is the list of the current countries we have had a look at:

Asia Poker

Population: 3,879,000,000
Largest Cities: Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore
Place to play Poker: Macau
Popular Poker Player: Johnny Chan
Online Poker Site: PokerStars

Austria Poker

Population: 8,384,745
Largest Cities: Vienna, Graz and Linz
Place to play Poker: Vienna
Popular Poker Player: Niki Jedlicka
Online Poker Site: PokerStars

Australia Poker

Population: 22,328,800
Largest Cities: Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
Place to play Poker: Melbourne
Popular Poker Player: Mark Vos
Online Poker Site: Party Poker

Brazil Poker

Population: 194,946,470
Largest Cities: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador
Place to play Poker: São Paulo
Popular Poker Player: Felipe Ramos
Online Poker Site: PokerStars

Canada Poker

Population: 34,108,752
Largest Cities: Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver
Place to play Poker: Toronto
Popular Poker Player: Daniel Negreanu
Online Poker Site: Lock Poker

Denmark Poker

Population: 5,544,139
Largest Cities: Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense
Place to play Poker: Copenhagen
Popular Poker Player: Gus Hansen
Online Poker Site: PokerStars

Finland Poker

Population: 5,363,624
Largest Cities: Helsinki, Tampere and Turku
Place to play Poker: Helsinki
Popular Poker Player: Patrik Antonius
Online Poker Site: PokerStars

France Poker

Population: 64,876,618
Largest Cities: Paris, Marseille and Lyon
Place to play Poker: Paris
Popular Poker Player: Bertrand Grospellier
Online Poker Site: EverestPoker.fr

Germany Poker

Population: 81,702,329
Largest Cities: Berlin, Hamburg and Munich
Place to play Poker: Berlin
Popular Poker Player: Sandra Naujuks
Online Poker Site: PokerStars

Holland Poker

Population: 16,733,300
Largest Cities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Den Haag
Place to play Poker: Amsterdam
Popular Poker Player: Marcel Luske
Online Poker Site: PokerStars

Ireland Poker

Population: 4,481,430
Largest Cities: Dublin, Cork and Galway
Place to play Poker: Dublin
Popular Poker Player: Padraig Parkinson
Online Poker Site: Paddy Power Poker

Italy Poker

Population: 60,483,521
Largest Cities: Rome, Milan and Naples
Place to play Poker: Saint Vincent
Popular Poker Player: Dario Minieri
Online Poker Site: PokerStars.it

Norway Poker

Population: 4,885,240
Largest Cities: Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim
Place to play Poker: N/A
Popular Poker Player: Annette Obrestad
Online Poker Site: Party Poker

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