Part 1The early years
You probably have trainers that are older than the online poker industry. Most of the big online rooms that you consider part of the furniture now were just a twinkle in their owners’ eyes back in 2000. And if it wasn’t for a flurry of activity led by a fat man and a bald man, they may never have existed in the first place. So how did we get to the highly developed and hugely popular online market of today, and who led the way?

Let’s rewind to 1997. Online poker was a text-only affair with no real money involved.