I'm not very good at languages, but I've found a new way to try to learn. Conveniently I can practise 'sprechender Deutscher' while I throw half my chips away on a wrap-around straight with a back-door bad flush draw chance, at our 100/200 Pot limit Omaha tables. I now know that the German for Omaha is 'Omaha'. I picked that up pretty easily. Perhaps I’m not so bad at languages after all?

Learning poker German is as easy as visiting the 'Options' menu and selecting 'Language'. at present German and Spanish language clients are available, with more poker language lessons planned soon.


Ok, I do realise that these aren’t fully intended as language instruction, there are probably a fair few German or Spanish players out there who would like to see PokerStars lobby and menus in their own language.

Zum Tische
Warten
Spieler

No idea what those are. I’m just going to yell, 'Alle innen!' at the screen. I think that’s German for 'all-in'. I don’t think I need to learn the word for 'fold'. Not with my playing style...

So, well done to PokerStars, for offering this feature, and helping players from every corner of the globe make the most of the site. There are also PokerStars blogs aimed at players in many parts of the world. So far in the PokerStars Blogosphere we have:

PokerStars German blog
PokerStars Swedish blog
PokerStars Brazilian blog

I understand more blogs are coming soon, with Japanese players next to have a dedicated PokerStars blogger at their service.


Now I find myself with just one small problem. It says 'Mittel' lobby and something is 'Beendet'? And I can’t find the right table to lose my chips... Most important lesson if you do ever change the language. 'Optionen' (German for options) 'Sprache' (languages)... then 'English' and I can understand it all again.

'Phew!' And I think 'Phew' means the same in every language!