德州扑克.com - Texas Holdem in Chinese

[chineseidn]

I was watching a video on a Shanghai blog about the rise in popularity (http://shanghaiist.com/2008/03/17/current_tv_hold.php) of Texas Holdem in China and figured I'd check out the Chinese domain name.

If I'm correct it's this, literally meaning Texas Poker

德州扑克.com

What do you think, worth the gamble?

[bwhhisc]

That has some nice websites linked to it.
Looks like a good one to me.
What is the deal with gambling websites in China though?
Can you even have websites that people just play "for fun"?

[chineseidn]

Thanks for the feedback Bwhhisc

It's, from what I understand from the video, still a not so clear area. Officially gambling is forbidden in China as far as I know (Besides the government authorized lotteries) but it happens everywhere.

Just walking in the streets in Shanghai you see people play mahjang or cards for money. I never played Texas Holdem and I don't know how much luck is involved and how much skill.

I checked some of the websites that Baidu gives on this search and they are not blocked and, also from the video, some players mention they play online as well so I imagine it's there. Playing for fun should be part of this as well. But, I'm no expert here at all, just a domain speculator:)

[Drewbert]

Nice catch!

[mgrohan]

Yes, a nice Chinese poker domain. Nice one :)

[chineseidn]

Thanks for the feedback guys, much appreciated.

[pspdropship]

never heard of the game, but playing for fun is definitely ok