For customers based in Ireland that wish to play Poker, iPoker has been discontinued and Poker is no longer accessible through our Betfair Product. To play, you can open an account at pokerstars.com.

What does this mean?

We use a forward-moving button instead of a dead button system.

The button moves to the next player on the left, regardless of eliminations. Every hand always has a small blind and a big blind. Heads-up play works the same way.

Many live casinos use this system.

Online tables change fast. Players join and leave all the time. A table can jump from nine players to two and back in moments.

The dead button creates more odd situations in this kind of setup.

With a forward-moving button, you might skip the big blind once in a while. This happens if you sit under the gun and the big blind leaves or busts. The button moves on, and you post the small blind instead.