It's always nice in life when you can bank some extra goodies just for doing something you would have done regardless. Those sorts of opportunities don't come around too often, though. One company, however, that can give you that opportunity has been around for three years now. Poker Source Online, home of the original free poker promotions, is your best friend if you want to play poker online.

People who don't know any better will just hear about an online poker room, go straight to its website, and sign up. But those who want something extra for their poker dollar will instead go to Poker Source Online (PSO) first. Why? Because PSO gives its customers free gifts just for playing real money poker at a variety of online poker rooms.

Poker Source gifts include poker gear such as casino-quality poker chip sets and poker table tops, as well as items to improve your game such as poker books and software. But if you already have all the poker swag you need, you can simply get a gift card to one of several online and brick-and-mortar retailers. And if you see all the different gifts and just can't decide on what you want, just choose the "PSO Points" option and select from an even wider variety of items later in the PSO Store. Plus, points can be saved up indefinitely, allowing you to nab a more extravagant gift. Did we mention that everything ships free to the U.S. and Canada (and some items even ship free to Europe and Australia)? Well, they do.

I've used my PSO points to get a great set of Nevada Jacks ceramic poker chips, and to help pay for Christmas presents with Amazon.com gift certificates. My chips are a big hit at my home game, and now I'm saving up for a set of Nevada Jacks real clay chips to be one of the even cooler kids!

There's much, much more to PSO than just the free gifts. For high volume players, rakeback is available at some online poker rooms. There is an extensive poker forum in which players around the world trade poker stories, advice, and just shoot the breeze. And PSO has given away cash and prizes worth well into six figures through its famous freeroll tournaments and giveaways, which are free to PSO customers.

If you are thinking about playing online poker, you would be doing yourself a disservice if you don't check out Poker Source Online. Feel free to visit http://www.pokersourceonline.com for more information.