Facebook Now Has 11 Million Texas Holdem Players

The remarkable growth of social networking sites has also sparked remarkable growth in online social gaming.  Facebook, the worlds most popular social networking site now boasts almost 200,000,000 active members, many of which are using Facebook applications to play games.

The most popular game among its users is Texas Hold 'em Poker with over 11 million monthly players, making Facebook the world's largest gaming platform. 

The leading provider of poker software is San Francisco's Zynga, whos application "Live Poker" allows iPhone users to play poker with their friends from social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Hi5.