Did you know that there are over 12 million people actively playing Facebook Hold Em Poker every month? At any point of the day you can log on and see that they are 150k people logged on and playing. That's a lot of people all playing poker for free and for fun. So what is the big deal why are people wasting so many hours play Facebook poker when they are only using play money and not actually winning anything? And why are people buying and selling Facebook poker chips when they are virtual chips and have no real value?Facebook poker is an application that you can add to your Facebook profile which allows you to play virtual Texas Hold'em poker with other Facebook members, you can also invite your friends and chat to people while you play so it is much more than your average electronic card game. One of the main attractions is the social interaction that this game provides, you can have a virtual cards night with your friends without ever leaving the house and you can meet new people while playing poker. Plus you don't have the same risks as playing real online poker because you are not gambling any of your own money - it's all play money. So it's a great place to learn how to play online poker without going bankrupt in your first month.
You start off with some free money from Facebook which you can gamble and win or lose. You can then earn more Facebook poker chips by taking up special offers or adding other applications to your profile. At the moment Facebook is running a promotion where you can earn $1,000 free Facebook poker chips every day just by logging on to the application, you can also earn even more free Facebook poker chips by recommending the application to your friends. If you lose all of your Facebook poker chips you will have to either take up offers and promotions to replenish your stocks or you can actually buy more chips from internet traders. This has sparked a new industry with people winning and selling poker chips to other players.
If you are really good at poker you could make yourself some money by selling your own chips. So why do people pay real money for virtual Facebook poker chips? Well its human nature to be competitive and the more Facebook poker chips you have the more advanced tables you can play on. There are elite tables which are only open to players with lots of chips and where the minimum stakes are as high as $500k. For advanced poker players who have lost all their chips on a bad hand it can be really frustrating to try to build up their bank roll again by playing rookie players in the lower tables, they want to be right back up there playing against their friends and poker players of a similar skill level. These people are willing to fork out real cash to cut through the lower tables and get back to their elite games.
