Andrew Radue

USA Poker is now licensed and regulated in three American states: Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey, however there are several banks and online payment solutions that are preventing players from depositing.

Banks and companies that are still blocking legal transactions include: Bank of America, Wells Fargo, American Express, Paypal and Discover Financial Services.

These are just some of the issuing prevent US poker players from playing legal poker online, although legal by state law the federal law seems to supersede everything which will become a problem to state-by-state regulated online poker.

Sheldon Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sand Corp has also started planning his anti-gambling online ads campaign to try and discredit gambling online.

US Poker players who are hoping for the return of online poker to America should consider boycotting the companies and individuals who are preventing it from happening.

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The Betfair Poker Brazil Warm Up promotion has a special holiday package to Sao Paulo, Brazil and more than two million prizes to be won including cash and Road to Brazil freeroll entries.

Earn 10 Status Points on Betfair Poker and receive a Samba Scratchcard, prizes include a trip to Brazil, $5k & $10k freeroll entries, SNG tickets plus players can win an upgrade to their VIP level.

The Brazil Warm Up promotion runs until 17 December, players must opt-in and earn Status Points to win prizes on Betfair Poker.

Tournament poker players can play for their share of more than a million in guaranteed prize pools in the iPOPS V Series which runs from the 16 November – 1 December.

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Get your seat to the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open 2014 on PartyPoker, qualify through freerolls, qualifiers or the weekly satellite which has at least one guaranteed package to be won.

The 2014 WPT Borgata takes place at the beginning of the year, the Main Event is scheduled for the 26-31 January at the Borgata Hotel Casino, Atlantic City.

PartyPoker are running weekly World Poker Tour satellites that guaranteed $6,000 packages to the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event.

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There are some great new promotions running this November on 888Poker especially for new players who have not yet signed up for a free 888 Poker account.

New players are welcomed with three freeroll tickets to qualify for the Super XL Series 2013 which takes place December and guarantees more than $2.5 million in prize pools.

Plus new players from selected countries get a 888 Poker Free $88 bonus package just for signing up, no deposit required.

The bonus package consists of free cash and tournament tickets which players can use to start their 888Poker bankroll for free.

Players that have already joined 888Poker can also get free Super XL tickets by making a deposit or by qualifying through daily satellite tournaments which start from as low as $010.

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The Bovada Poker Power Play tournaments have been added to the tournament schedule offering players an additional guaranteed tournaments everyday.

The promotion runs daily from 12 November – 15 December and adds an extra $140,000 in guaranteed prize pools each week during the promotion dates.

The 15 tournaments have all been scheduled to take place within an hour of each day, with a variety of tournaments featuring different buy-ins and game types.

The regular Bovada Guaranteed Poker tournaments still offer more than $1.25 million in guaranteed prizes pools every week.

Bovada Poker only accepts USA poker players however Canadian poker players can take advantage of the same promotions at Bodog Poker.

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