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LATEST NEWS:
The3DPoker has stopped allowing US players on the site as of July 2007.
US player poker sites are alive and
well! Luckily there are still some poker sites out there that have not
succumbed to the ridiculous ban imposed by Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
of October 13th 2006.
Please note that if you live in the
following states, you may still be blocked from the sites that are still
accepting US players: Illinois, Indiana,
Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, South Dakota,
Washington and Wisconsin.
Poker Share and Royal Vegas Poker
are US player poker sites but they are refusing players from these 11 states, other sites may be the same.
Here are the current US-friendly poker
sites, if you know of any more PLEASE let me know so I can update this
page.
Just email me at: ian AT love-texas-holdem.com
(use @ instead of AT).
UPDATE: As of January 2007,
Neteller has decided to stop allowing poker players from US to use their
service. This is a setback but there are more payment services available
and Neteller's action is not likely to have any significant impact on
the industry.
As they say - it's their loss!
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Poker has become one of the top poker sites on the net
and it is easy to see why. It's a great website with a great
user interface which is different from the rest. There's some
very cool features; you can choose the color scheme, see useful
information and stats, and even play multiple screens at the
same time.
Bodog has top players David
Williams, Evelyn Ng and Josh Arieh affiliated and you can get
the chance to meet and beat all three of them for a big chunk of
cash.
There's a new players
invitational freeroll tournaments at Bodog which you qualify for
automatically even before you make your first real money
deposit.
So what are you waiting for?
Click the link below and get an account at Bodog and play in the
new players freeroll now!
Click
Here to sign up for the new players freeroll at Bodog Poker
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Ultimatebet
Making a very strong claim for the number one poker site
position in the light of the US player ban.
Ultimatebet is a great site for
ALL players, featuring the amazing $200,000 guaranteed
tournament that you can buy into for just $5.50!
What more could you ask for!
Click
Here to play at Ultimatebet
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Absolute
Poker
Still 100% behind the US players, Absolute Poker continues it's
rise towards the top of the poker sites.
Payment options are the same as
Ultimatebet: Visa or MasterCard as well as Western Union,
Click2Pay, ePassporte, InstaDebit, ATMonline, Moneybookers and
Central Coin.
Click
Here to play at Absolute
Poker
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Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker is one of the big name poker sites which has vowed to fight the online poker ban.
Here is a quote from their policy on the new legislation:
"While this new law has prompted some sites to announce plans to abandon the U.S. market in coming days, we assure you that Full Tilt Poker will continue to provide all of its players - both inside and outside of the United States - with a full complement of real money ring games and tournaments for their enjoyment."
We will continue to provide our players with all of the safe, secure and convenient methods for transferring money to and from the site. In fact, in recent discussions with our payment processors, we have been assured that this new law will have no immediate impact on their day-to-day business. And as always, any monies that you have on deposit with Full Tilt Poker remain completely safe and secure.
Click Here to
play poker at Full Tilt Poker
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Vegas Poker 247
You might not be all that familiar with
Vegas Poker 247, but the good news is that they are still US-friendly.
US poker players can continue to play here and enjoy all the benefits of
a new site that is VERY keen to get some of your business!
This is what Vegas Poker 247 say:
"VegasPoker247 is pleased to assure poker players around the world that they will continue to be welcome to play on our site. VegasPoker247 is completely confident that we will be able to continue offering our US customers the very best, safest and most secure online poker experience available on the internet, including the fastest deposit and payout solutions. All new and existing VegasPoker247.com customers should feel 100% confident when playing at our tables."
Click Here to play poker at Vegas Poker 247
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Poker.com
Another one of the best US player poker sites is
Poker.com. They have decided to do the right thing by Americans and still
allow US poker players to play online poker at their site. This is the
comment from their site on the new policy:
"We just wanted to let everyone know that the proposed legislation in the United States will have little to no affect on the operations at Poker.com. We will not be stopping US based players from playing at Poker.com and all player account balances are 100% safe and will always be readily accessible. Our business is licensed and regulated, perfectly legal under international law and we follow all laws in the jurisdictions where our operations are based (Canada, UK, Netherlands Antilles & Australia)."
Poker.com are one of the leading sites against the ban and they have been seeing new signups in record numbers.
And there's great news for freeroll fans, you get to play an instant new player freeroll when you sign up to the site.
Click Here to
play poker at Poker.com
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Royal
Vegas Poker
Royal Vegas Poker has also decided
that the ban stinks! It's business as usual for those of you from USA.
With the exception of the 11 states mentioned above, USA poker players
can still play poker online at Royal Vegas. Click
Here to play poker at Royal
Vegas Poker
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Poker Share
And it's also the same story with Poker Share,
where USA
online poker players are free to still play there (with the exception of the 11
locked out states). Good news too from that site for big bonus fans, they are offering a massive
sign up bonus for all new players to register.
So if you're an American who wants to
continue playing online poker, Poker Share is a great option for you.
Click
Here to play poker at Poker Share
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Top Bet
Top Bet is another top(!) site which is
defying old Mr Bush. As well as Texas Hold'em poker, they offer Omaha
and 7 Card Stud tournaments too and still accept online
poker signups from America.
If you're an American poker player
still looking to play for real money online, Top Bet is well worth checking out.
They use the same poker client as
Poker Room, so the graphics are excellent and familiar if you're used to
playing at Poker Room.
Click
Here to play poker at Top Bet
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The
Poker Club is a long established poker site and is very well respected and trusted
in the poker community. It has decided that it will still accept USA
poker players and that's great news for all of us.
The site has been around since the late 90s and isn't going anywhere
anytime soon!
Click
Here to play poker at The
Poker Club
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Victor
Chandler Poker is a UK site that you may not have heard of
but is becoming very popular as it still allows US poker
players.
Victor Chandler uses a system
that they call Action Points. These are gained on the real money
tables and they can be used to enter the freerolls.
The good news is that these
Action Points are very easily won on the real money tables.
This is a site that is certainly worth checking out.
Click
Here to play at Victor Chandler Poker
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Pitbull
Poker They claim to be the first all-flash poker room in the
world, there's no download needed to play as the poker client simply runs
in your browser in flash mode.
When I played on the site I didn't
notice any problem with loading speeds, it was fairly quick. The bonus
is that you will never get delays as new versions of the
software are updated as the latest version will automatically be getting
loaded from Pitbull Poker's servers.
For poker freeroll
lovers the news is is that there are freerolls on Pitbull Poker every hour,
at the half-hour mark (1:30, 2:30, 3:30 etc). There are also leagues set
up at the site that you
can join, or you can also start a private league yourself to play in with your friends.
At the time of writing there is
a $10 free money bonus which is added to your account, as well
as an "instant match bonus" of 100%.
Check
out the Pitbull Poker site for full details.
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Superior Poker
is one of the smaller poker rooms which have stayed loyal to US poker
players. They have some regular poker freerolls on the site as well as
some specials running.
Until April 1st
you can qualify for the WPT in Las Vegas for only $0.10! Details
of the prize package are: Buy-in to the WPT
World Championship - a $25,000 + $500 value + Airfare for you and a
partner + accommodation at the Bellagio Hotel in Vegas. They
even throw in the use of a Dodge Viper for your stay!
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Players
Only Poker Although this is probably another site which
you may not have thought about playing at, it seems to be very
popular. The poker games here come in all forms with both sit
down games and tournaments being very popular.
The site has great
freerolls leading to qualification to the WSOP and also some
great lower value tournamens. A lot of people think these are
better than freerolls, the prizes are far more and the
competition a lot less and all for a stake of just $1.
Click
Here to check out Players Only Poker
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Intertops
accept players from
most places, the following are the exceptions: US states - Michigan, Illinois, Louisiana, Oregon, Wisconsin,
Washington, Indiana, Nevada, South Dakota, New Jersey. Also the
Netherlands.
There are some
fantastic offers at the time of writing,
- 500% bonus for all new customers, up to
$10,000.
- $200,000 weekly
tournament for only ONE PENNY
- $15,000 WSOP package tournaments for as little as $7.50
- Regular freerolls with three $1000
games running every day
The site has the option of
being viewed in several languages, so far there are translations
into:Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, Italian, Polish,
Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish, and Turkish.
All things considered you
would be well advised to at least take a look at what Intertops has on
offer, it's a great choice with a bit of everything there for you and a
very professional and respected company. Click
here to play poker at Intertops.
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Bet
US is a highly respected and long established website and has been
on the internet betting scene for more than twelve years.
Licensed in
Costa Rica, Bet US provides one of the safest places to play poker
online. It also has a very well established sports
betting side for those that like to bet on other sporting events.
The good news for US poker players is
that you can play on the site, but unfortunately the following
countries are excluded from Bet US: Bahamas, St Kitts, Austria, Sweden,
Germany, Japan, China and Korea.
As well as having some
great freerolls,
Bet US have great
real money player daily and weekly guaranteed tournaments. There's a daily $10,000
tourney which is on every night at
9:30pm EST - satellites are available from only $6.00. The weekly guaranteed tournament is
a whopping
$25,000 and is every Sunday at 9:00pm EST. Satellite buy-ins are available
from only $8.00.
Click
Here to play poker at Bet
US
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Action
Poker has decided to backtrack and is once again
admitting players from USA after initially deciding to ban them.
UPDATE:
Apparently Action Poker have once again withdrawn their
support for US players. Sorry for
the confusion.
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Live
Poker No longer accepting US players - changed
policy after Neteller withdrew support.
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The3DPoker has
pulled the plug on US players as from July 2007.
Anyone with money in their account should contact the
site ASAP and withdraw it.
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