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.
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
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it for USA
Friendly Poker.
 Featured
USA Friendly
Poker Room:
Sportsbook.com
Poker
USA
Player Benefits:
All US poker
players accepted.
Accepts MasterCard
and Visa quickly
and easily.
100% Deposit
Match up to
$1000 for USA
players with
bonus code KICKASS.
*you must use
the code to
get the bonus.
Visit Sportsbook.com
& get a
satellite seat
into a $100k
Freeroll!
There are many
more reasons
we have Sportsbook.com
as our featured
USA Friendly
Poker Room and
they will be
listed in our
upcoming Sportsbook.com
Poker Review.
Let's just say
that this place
is the new MANSION
Poker for USA
poker players,
meaning that
they have so
many FISH it
is unreal and
that you can
take advantage
of the huge
deposit bonus
plus fish pond.
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.
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.
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. 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.
2. Bodog
Poker.com
*Bodog.com
is now at
www.bodoglife.com
Instant 10%
bonus, 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!
(I just wish
they would
upgrade their
software to
be a little
more player
friendly!)
You can also
see more about
Bodog
Poker vs Sportsbook.com
Poker.
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.
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! Here
is a current
Texas
Holdem Freeroll
Schedule
Thanks, and
we'll see
you at the
tables!
Atlanta Poker
Club
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