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.
CarbonPoker are hosting the Turkey Grand Slam as their thanksgiving theme for November, players can earn their way into the Heads-Up event by entering the Turkey Jackpot Sit n’ Gos to rank in the leaderboard. Players ranking in the top 128 leaderboard positions by the end of November will get their entry to the Turkey Grand Slam Heads-Up tournament and play for the progressive Thanksgiving Jackpot which starts at $2500.