The world of online poker seem to be split into two types of poker rooms. those who take players from the United States, and those who don't. Here is a list of the best rooms that do accept players from the U.S.
Top Recommendation
The rooms I recommend most to anyone who wants to play online poker is Bodog, for several reasons:
The Competition is Softer - At Bodog, you can only play three tables at a time. Sharks like to play 4, 6, 8 or more. So they shy away from Bodog. They flock to rooms like FullTilt where you'll find players at the $10NL tables who have qualified as "Iron Men", playing tens of thousands of hands of poker per month.
Bodog will attract more recreational players, who know less about the subtleties of the game.
Credit Cards Work - or at least mine did. I tried to deposit, it was flagged as an odd transaction. My credit card company called and said "Did you try to make this purchase." I said "Yes". They said "Ok, just checking". I tried again and the deposit went through.
Overlays - that's the amount of money a poker room has to contribute to the prize pool whn they make a guarantee and not enough players show up. It's free, dead money. Bodog has earned a reputation for having to contribute money to the prize pools at their tournaments, which is a tournament player's dream.
Oh, and they have a 110% first time deposit bonus offer. Ten percent shows up in your account right away. The other 100% shows up when you've completed the raked hand requirement. Check the site, or ask Bodog customer service for details.
Other Recommendations
Carbon poker is one of the few rooms where PokerTracker doesn't work. So, the online poker sharks tend to take a pass on the games there. That means, you can play in an environment against recreational players, and that's a good thing.
Poker Stars regularly has over 100,000 players in the house at any one time. That's an insane amount of action. It also shows that they do a LOT of things right. So, if you're looking for an online poker room, it's hard to go wrong by joining Pokerstars.
Ultimate Bet
also makes the list of poker rooms that accept players from the U.S. Ubet is the room the Phil Hellmuth reps when he's out doing onlinepoker promoting. They spread a host of different poker games, including triple draw, and Crazy Pineapple.
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