Many Club Pogo players avoid poker and there are many reasons for this. Poker tournamnets are perhaps the greatest multiplayer challenge on the internet today, but they don't fit with Pogo's ethos so Pogo's implementation of so-called poker tournaments is little more than a joke. Another reason is that poker only really works when played for money and, of course, pogo replaces money with tokens which takes the edge off winning and losing in most Pogo poker games. Texas Hold'em is without question the most popular poker game online and although Pogo offers Texas Hold'Em its limit structures are poor removing very many nuances and possible moves from the game.

So why is it worth playing poker on Pogo? There are well over 30 weekly personal challenge badges to be had amongst the various Club Pogo poker offerings. So, any player looking to build his or her badge collection will soon be unable to ignore poker on Pogo.

To sum up; the main reason to play poker on Pogo is that there are plenty of badges to be won playing the various Pogo poker games, but many of them are hard to learn, especially Texas Hold'Em and Omaha poker if you are a beginner. Pogo's version of tournament poker is not at all worth-while and the video poker games are as boring as most slot games are. Having said that, if you enjoy slots, then Pogo's video poker offerings are better than most.

Our recommendation is that if you really want to have fun playing poker online, especially Texas Hold'Em, cash games or proper multiplayer tournament poker, then you should join one of the many specialised internet online poker sites. There are dozens to choose from and almost all allow you to play for free while you get to know the games. If you are going to play seriously then you should choose one of the better sites such as PokerStars.