It's true, not only are there plenty of USA
friendly poker rooms serving millions
of American players, many of them are extremely
well established, respected industry leaders offering
online poker to USA players. There are also viable
deposit and withdrawl methods at these online
poker sites for US players. If you like this article
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Friendly Poker.
 Top
Two USA Friendly Poker Rooms:
Bodog.com & Sportsbook.com
USA Player Benefits
- - > All US poker players accepted.
- - > Easy Deposits - Both accept MasterCard
and Visa quickly and easily.
- - > largest percentage of new and weak players
compared to the amount of grinders/sharks.
With the recent USA Online Poker legal situation
regarding online gambling, there is a large amount
of confusion about online poker sites friendly
to US players and if playing poker online in the
USA Poker Freerolls is illegal, legal or what
the real deal is? It is a strange time for USA
poker players as poker is on TV nearly every day
of the week, and millions and millions of Americans
are playing poker online every month. Millions
of Americans are currently playing online poker,
as well as people from all around the world.
There are many more reasons
we have Bodog and Sportsbook.com as our featured
USA Friendly Poker Rooms and they will be listed
in our upcoming Sportsbook.com
Poker Review. Let's just say that tese places
are the "new Mansion Poker for USA poker
players, meaning that they have so many FISH it
is unreal.
Take advantage of the huge
deposit bonuses offered plus the larger than average
amount of new and inexperienced players.
Plus the traffic at the game tables is suprisingly
strong for a relatively new poker site. Great
action all the way up to $10 / $20 and tournaments
cranking up every 15 minutes... and they have
a huge amount of fish.
If you are looking for a new place to play that
is easy to deposit for us players
then look no farther.
Play
at Bodog.com
There are plenty more
online poker sights accepting US players, sportsbook.com
is just the current sweet spot for USA poker players.
Giant sites like FullTilt Poker.com, which I'm
sure you already know about due to the massive
amount of Full Tilt Poker.net commercials on US
television - mainly around the 2007 US poker championships,
High Stakes Poker and World Poker Tour are also
very active in the USA poker player market.
Along with Full Tilt, the biggest online poker
site in the world, Poker Stars.com also accepts
USA poker players and it is one of our overall
favorite poker sites. Of course there are also
still online casinos accepting USA players and
this site is dedicated to listing the best
online casino USA players accepted.
It is a little bit more difficult to deposit on
FullTilt Poker.com and Poker Stars, but it is
possible. Here is a good article on us
poker deposit methods.
Is Online Poker Legal in the USA?
First of all, we are not lawyers, so we should defer
to some, right?
Yes - but first just know that the UIGEA did not
make it illegal to play poker online. It made it
illegal for companies to do business with online
gambling companies. There is also debate as to if
poker is even considered 'gambling' as it is a skill
based game. Anyway,
Let's take a look at if online poker is illegal
for USA poker players. We are not lawyers, so let's
defer to someone who is. There are a series of top
quality legal articles by a leading gambling and
the law lawyer, I Nelson Rose. - The
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006
Analyzed.
The short answer is that the UIGEA targeted
the payment processors... sites like NETeller.com
and FirePay, not poker players.
They made it illegal for US banks to do business
with companies that primarily serve to move money
between online gambling sites. This made it difficult
/ impossible for them to do business with U.S. based
payment processors.
In December of 2006 NETeller ceased U.S. facing
operations, as well as a host of other payment processors.
The demand for online poker in the U.S.A hasn't
stopped, people still love to play and as free adults
we believe we should have the right to do what we
choose with our own time and money as long as it
does not interfere with the rights, liberty or safety
of others.
Playing a USA poker freeroll at an online poker
site harms no one.
Some poker sites for U.S. players, that used to
be open to US players but had to close due to being
publicly traded (like Party Poker.com) are indeed
hurting due to not being able to service US players.
Once such site, Paradise Poker actually decided
to close it's online doors for good as such a high
percentage of it's players were from the US.
Top 5 Online Poker Sites for US Players
This is a list
of USA friendly poker sites.
The following sites accept US players for both
freerolls / free play / no deposit players and
for usa real money poker online.
1. Bodog
Poker.com *Bodog.com is again the
proper domain, they are no longer at www.bodoglife.com
- Instant 10% bonus plus 100% match up to $500!
Deposit easily using their 'nucharge.net' recommended
service. You can use credit cards, and even paypal.
This is one of our favorite long time poker rooms!
You can also see more about this Bodog
Poker vs Sportsbook.com Poker.
2. Sportsbook.com
100% Deposit Bonus, $100,000 USA Freeroll, Deposit
using normal Visa and Mastercards. Fish, Fish
and more fish. I don't know how a relative new
site has attracted so many fish so fast. There
is a lot of traffic and one of the easiest sites
to get started at.
3. FullTiltPoker.com
3rd largest site online, 100% deposit bonus, have
to use a "Gift2Go" credit card or other
pre-paid visa that works. Once you open your account
for free, visit the cashier and check out the
deposit options.
4. Poker
Stars.com
Largest online poker site in the world and also
USA friendly. Fantastic online poker experience
for both free money and real money for USA players.
Million dollar guaranteed tournaments every Sunday.
5. Doyles
Room, advertised as DoylesRoom.net
New players at Doyles Room get a 110% deposit
bonus plus SuperSystem I and II. Play with the
ledend, Doyle Brunson himself.
* I removed Absolute
Poker.com from the top 5 list due to the fact
that recently the highest stakes cash games were
compromised by an inside job, seriously... It
is still great for small stakes and no download
but wowza it was a doozy of a job. I'd also like
to recommend www.playersonly.com
for any of you poker playing ballers, you can
get a 110% bonus up to $1000 for a limited time
and this bonus can be pulled at any moment.
These above 5 poker rooms are our picks for sites
accepting US poker players. You can find reviews
of each of these USA Poker Friendly sites by visiting
this online
poker room reviews section and clicking
on the appropriate review, as well as a new article
on Online
casinos that accept All US players.
If you were just looking for USA Poker Freerolls
then we recommend Absolute and Poker Stars for
the most quantity of freerolls although the sportsbook.com
$100k freeroll is nice!
Thanks, and we'll see you at the tables!
Atlanta Poker Club |
