Johnny Renquist

Social Gaming is spreading like wildfire throughout online social networks like Facebook, MySpace, Tagged, Bebo. Games like Farmville, Texas Holdem Poker, Pet Society, Restaurant City, Yoville, Mafia Wars, Mobsters and many more are commanding the attention of tens of millions of online gamers on a daily basis from around the globe. The main themes in most of these online games is social interaction with other players and connecting with friends and family. The games have simple goals and objectives. For example, players in Farmville plow plots of land and use the proceeds to design and decorate their farms. Pet society allows users to engage in a second life type environment. Texas Holdem Poker players compete in varying levels of tables where they can buy in with their facebook poker chips. Players in Mafia Wars & Mobsters can coordinate their friends into mobs and gangs that battle with each other to controll different turfs.

The Facebook Texas Holdem poker games are my personal favorites, as I'm already an avid fan of texas holdem so it is easy to adapt to the interface of the games. Players are given a small amount of facebook poker chips to start out with and can win more by playing in different tables with different buyins or compete with friends and family in tournaments. There are also different lotteries users can take part in to win free facebook poker chips from time to time. Being able to play poker at any time of the day with people on your friends list, family members, or even random strangers is extremely convenient and one the reasons these texas holdem games have been such a success.