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(NAPSI) - Card players across the country are going "all in" for a unique twist on a familiar game. The Web-based game uses the same cards and the same rules as Texas Hold'em-only instead of winning by besting others at their table, players win by earning more chips than those playing with the same cards at other tables.

Here's how it works: If you sit in the number one seat in a multitable tournament, you are dealt the same cards as all other players sitting in the number one seats at other tables in the tournament.

Likewise, all players in the number two seat are dealt the same cards, and so on.

Each table then sees identical flops, turns and rivers. Because you are in the one seat, your poker results are measured against all other players in the number one seats at other tables. The winning player is the one who's gotten the best results using the same cards as every other player in his position at all the tables in the tournament.

Skill Trumps Luck

Fans of the game, called Duplicate Poker, say that by controlling the cards, the element of chance-the luck of the draw-is significantly reduced and the skill of individual players is emphasized. And because it is a skill game, Duplicate Poker is legal in most U.S. jurisdictions.

Getting Started

The game was introduced in 2006 and now has hundreds of thousands of fans who play online. If you download the game for free at duplicatepoker.com, they'll give you $3 of their money to see how much you can win. And if you register and deposit your own money, Duplicate Poker will triple your first deposit up to $100.

DuplicatePoker.com-A Web-based twist on Texas Hold'em is causing a stir.