Many people want to cash in on the gambling craze, including the best Texas HoldEm player in the world, Richardson's T.J. Cloutier.

The game once reserved for Texas road gamblers is taking on a life of its own. Poker is all the rage, and the Internet is making a card room available on every computer.

Many people want to cash in on the gambling craze.

"I miss playing in Dallas when there were four killers in the same game," Cloutier said.

When it comes to poker, times have changed.

"First thing, you had to win the money; then, you had to know you could get out of the joint with the money," Cloutier said.

The godfather of tournament poker, Cloutier no longer has to worry about that.

Cheats, cons and card sharks are disarmed -- intimidation doesn't work over the Internet. Online or in person, the strategy is the same.

One key is to know how to read opponents, even online. Cloutier points out players develop patterns.

"Once you get into a game you should be able to figure out what everyone is doing after 15-20 minutes sitting there," Cloutier said.

Thanks to the Internet, thousands of online gamblers can now dream of taking down a poker pro like Cloutier.

Online hands are dealt at lightning-fast speed, giving players like John Gonzalez and Dan Michalski the opportunity to gain a lifetime of experience in just months. Plus, no poker face is required.

At pokermountian.com, you may find Cloutier trying to steal a few hands. Why not, he said -- the Internet is filled with dead money.

"They play a lot of pots with a lot of hands that they shouldn't play with and they give their money away," Cloutier said.