Online poker timeline
A chronological history of online poker. So far a very rough draft. Please contribute!
[edit] 1995
- The beginning of IRC poker
[edit] 1996
[edit] 1997
- www.twoplustwo.com is established, consisting of only one small forum with a few participants[1].
[edit] 1998
- Delta poker opens.
- Planet Poker opens.
[edit] 1999
- Paradise poker opens.
- First online poker scandal. Shuffle algorithm at Planet Poker cracked[2].
[edit] 2000
[edit] 2001
- PokerStars opens.
- PartyPoker opens.
- PokerSpot shuts down without refunding $400,000 of player funds.
[edit] 2002
- World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is launched at PokerStars.
[edit] 2003
- Chris Moneymaker wins the WSOP main event after qualifying through PokerStars.
- Pokertracker starts being used.
- David Ross documents online poker for a living.
[edit] 2004
- The "pattern mapping" concept is born.
- Sredni Vashtar introduces Shania[4].
- Mike "Schneids" Schneider does his 60k in 60 days challenge[5].
- Ed Miller writes Small Stakes Holdem.
- Full Tilt Poker opens.
- Fossilman wins the WSOP main event.
- Explosion in WSOP turnout due to online qualifiers. 2576 players in main event compared to 839 in 2003.
[edit] 2005
- Mike "Schneids" Schneider wins the PartyPoker million[6].
- Notable online players: erik123, Stoxtrader, Prahlad Friedman, Kane Kung Fu, TexasLimitKing, bldswttrs-
- Another explosion in WSOP turnout. 5661 players in main event compared to 2576 in 2004.
[edit] 2006
- Party Poker’s Monster promotion fiasco
- The launch of PokerStars VIP program.
- The Tuff fish videos.
- Neteller fiasco.
- UIEGA legislation banning online poker for US players.
- Rise of NL superstars such as sbrugby and durrrr.
- ZeeJustin multiaccounting scandal.
- PartyPoker $22 bot incident.
[edit] 2007
[edit] 2008
