UK online poker is fully legal under law and regulated by the government's individual gambling divisions. Of all the forms of online gambling, online poker seems to have the most positive association as it is seen by most governments as a game of skill vs a game of chance. Even the notoriously strict US has states that have legalized online poker with more potentially joining.

Apart from the convenience of playing wherever you have an internet connection, online poker games offer a significant number of advantages over playing in real life. The ease and simplicity with which one can set up an account and start playing means that playing poker online is much less intimidating than sidling up to a table, as well as being an overall cheaper experience.

This also means that a brand new audience can try the game – a whole new generation of players who may never play a game in real life, raised solely on the online experience. Another distinct advantage online poker has is that it takes place in the ether of the internet and its virtually limitless space – albeit dependent on the size of the online poker room's server.

Players in physical poker rooms may have to wait patiently for a seat to become available, but online players are free to join one or more poker rooms; if these are all full, another can be loaded. There is also the opportunity to try a wide array of off-shoot games and variations that may not be available or popular in the player's country of origin.