Im going to be designing/making an online poker game for windows. I can handle most of the programming (i think o.O) except ive never really done any network/internet programming before. Ive been looking at the book reviews on this site, but the problem is i dont really know what im looking for.. Its going to have a central server which multiple (unlimited?) clients can connect to. But as i say im not really sure what im looking for here. Would winsock cover everything i need? thanks in advance.

Unix Network Programming. While titled "Unix", it applies to Windows sockets, and is the most recommended book in this group.
Windows Sockets Network Programming
Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. III Client-Server Programming and Applications-Windows Sockets Version
Advanced Windows methods: (such as IOCP) search MSDN.

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