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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Win Cake have launched their Fast Fold Poker game with the latest release of their software, play more poker hands in less time with the addition of the fast fold button.

Players will waste less time waiting for hands to be played out and can instead fold their hand instantly and move to a new table for their next hand.

Fast Fold Poker guarantees more action than the standard poker cash game format, this is one of the few versions of the new poker game that is available to US players.

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FullTiltPoker claims will start today, 16 September 2013, eligible players will be able to submit their Petition for Remission.

Players will be refunded the amount they had in their bankroll on Black Friday, 15 April 2011.

For two and a half years USA poker players have not had access to their Fulltilt funds, while the rest of the World have already been refunded to the sum of $184 million.

US Players must submit their claims before 15 November 2013 using the submission form available on the Full Tilt Poker Claims Administration website.
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Player traffic at FullTilt Poker has been on a rapid decline as measured by their cash game traffic according to the stats found on Pokerscout an independent poker traffic stat tracking site.

The once popular poker room Full Tilt, find themselves occupying the number four spot in global poker traffic stats since being reopened under the control of PokerStars.

When FullTilt Poker reopened back in November 2012, albeit without their USA players, they immediately catapulted back to their original second place spot that they had occupied prior to closing and it certainly seemed like Full Tilt  were back on track to maintaining steady traffic flow once again, however this traffic was short lived as many players simply cashed out their funds (USA players can only cashout now) and moved on to greener pastures including the likes of PartyPoker, 888 Poker and iPoker (Titan,Winner).

To a large extent, FullTilt Poker have created their own demise by offering players below par bonuses and thinking along the lines of PokerStars management who offer little in terms of player rewards.

One could always argue that PokerStars deliberately intended to crash Full Tilt Poker, doing so would surely improve their own position in the market with less competition.

PokerScout Current Traffic rank (7 day average):

1. Pokerstars – 23,600
2. PartyPoker – 3,300
3. iPoker (Winner, Titan) – 3,200
4. Full Tilt Poker –  3050
5. 888 Poker – 2,450

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US Poker players will soon be able to submit their Full Tilt Poker Claims to recover their bankrolls which have been locked up for almost 2 years. The US Department of Justice have appointed the Garden City Group to assist with repaying players.

The massive task will return funds amounting to $159 million to more than a million US poker players who were victims of fraud in the Full Tilt Poker debacle.

The Full Tilt Poker Claims Administration website will allow players to submit their Petitions for Remission claim and receive compensation if eligible. Read More …