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The recent closure of three of the top online poker rooms has really spun up the poker world with poker affiliate websites having to cut their losses from years’ worth of US player revenue from the former open to USA poker room giant’s PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and UB.

Poker affiliates will now be looking to promote brands that still permit Americans to play for real money on their sites, while these are few and far between there still are several options for Americans looking for real money poker sites that are still open to the USA, since April 2011’s doomsday.

Safest Poker Rooms Allowing USA players:

We have listed listed the safest poker rooms and most secure online poker sites that are still open to US poker players for real money play, while at the moment traffic at any of these rooms is really low if you compare them to the heyday of PokerStars but given a couple months they will continue to grow in traffic and size.

Merge Gaming Network

Carbon Poker

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UWinPoker

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• UWINEURO – 100% up to €600
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• WINEURO – 300% up to €1500

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Bodog Network

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Cake Network

Cake Poker

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Great news for USA poker players, well sort of at least. PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker have re-acquired their .com domain names after having them controlled for the last few days by the DoJ, the bad news is that this still changes little in terms of US players being permitted to play at the popular online poker sites but it does help in allowing USA players to cashout their money. The remainder of the world will once again be able to use the .com site names to play.

The funny part is that PokerStars signups are actually up 20% over the past week; even accounting for Friday’s decision, showing that player confidence still remains high for the world’s largest online poker site. Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and the U.S. Attorney’s office have all made recent statements regarding the USA poker ban and we cover which rooms are still allowing real money play for Americans.

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For years trusted poker rooms have tried to get the US government to regulate and tax online poker so that players may legally enjoy one of American’s favorite pastimes, the game of poker which has been played for almost two centuries. Texas Holdem Poker is just not the same without US players, while players can still play live poker games in casinos they are no longer allowed to play internet poker games. Online poker is an evolved poker game which lets players play in the comfort and safety of their home.

5% of the USA population either enjoy playing poker for fun or have made poker their career, the US Poker ban may result thousands of jobs lost adding to current US economic crisis and unemployment.

Full Tilt Poker & Pokerstars Closed

These are just rumors the top online poker sites (PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker) are not closed, they still currently operate but from a different domain name. The FBI has seized PokerStars.com and FullTiltPoker.com but the rest of the world can still continue to play poker online and download the poker room software from the new domain names which allow international poker players to deposit and withdraw funds.

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The land of the free, American poker players have once again been the target of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with the closing of the most trusted internet poker sites namely PokerStars, FullTilt Poker and UB in the USA.

The Poker Players Alliance is not taking this issue of infringing on Americans right to play online poker lightly, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is a nonprofit membership organization comprised of poker players and enthusiasts from around the United States who have joined together to speak with one voice to promote the game and to protect poker players rights.

The PPA have released an email requesting that all poker players who feel that their right to play poker online has been violated should stand together and fight back as the action taken by the DOJ should be viewed as nothing less than a declaration of war against poker and the people who play the game, players need to inform U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about their disappointment with his decision to shut down trusted Internet poker sites in the USA plus remind Congress and President Obama that now is the time to pass sensible legislation that licenses and regulates Internet poker in America.

The PPA have set up a webpage with detailed instructions on what action you as a poker player can take to voice your concerns. This issue will not simply resolve itself, now is the time to take action !

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BREAKING NEWS: Latest news about Full Tilt Closed Worldwide 30th June 2011

Due to the latest PokerStars and FullTiltPoker ban in the USA, both popular online internet poker rooms have closed their sites to the USA, this can be seen when visiting either PokerStars.com or FullTiltPoker.com the .com domain names have been seized by the FBI for violations. “This domain name has been seized by the FBI” along with a DOJ and FBI logo is now visible on both sites.

No doubt both online poker giants will contest the action taken by the US government, but it may be days, months or even years until a legal agreement is reached. I would guess the next time either PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker are active in the USA again is when or rather if they obtain a license to operate legally by means of a license.

If you are one of those millions of USA poker players looking for an alternate poker site, currently Carbon Poker, Bodog Poker and UWinPoker are still allowing American players to play for real money. We have reviews about these three alternate poker rooms for USA poker players in the right hand menu, poker rooms still available for real money play are labelled with a small American flag.

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