wine users - Jul 2009 - Poker Websites with WINE & Fedora 11 (Leonidas)

I have problems running poker websites. Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker will
run, but barely, it is like they are "struggling" and they sometimes
just get "stuck" and I have to "Force Quit" . And I click on
a tab like Cashier or Requests that would take me from the GUI to a website and
nothing happens. I can't go from the GUI to another site, but I can go
'intra-GUI'.  Also, I cannot launch Full Tilt Poker (which I used to be
able to do until their latest update). Since I am an American, these are about
the only sites that will accept me.

I do have the latest version of WINE. I have no idea what video card I have. It
is my boy friends computer, and he doesn't know and he doesn't care. I
have Linux Fedora 11 (Leonidas). I am using Mozilla Firefox Browser 3.5 and an
AMD Athlon  64 Processor 3000+.

My question is (1) Does anyone have a similar problem with poker websites? (2)
Has anyone resolved this problem?  (3) Am I missing something I need to download
to make these sites work?  (4) Can WINE even run these sites at all?

Please help

Thanks

What are the different ways of playing poker? The ones I know of are Texas
Holdem, 5 Card Draw and Seven Hand Poker. Are there anymore. What else do you
need to know about poker? Can you give me tips on how to check if someone is
bluffing?