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. As if the growth by European gambling sites is anything to go by, Poker will soon be all over the world.

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