If you’re looking for the best US poker sites, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll take a look at the top 5 US poker sites that offer the best gaming experience, the most generous bonuses, and the highest payouts.
The choices are very limited for Americans at the moment until legislation eventually gets approved if and when it ever does.
The DOJ is hot on the heels of many of these poker rooms still open to the USA and while many poker-rooms have succeed so far in getting around to paying their players it certainly is risky business.
USA Poker Players can still play at:
Merge – Carbon Poker or Aced Poker
Revolution Gaming – Lock Poker or Cake Poker
Bodog – Under the Bovada Poker label also has a Casino and Sports Betting.
Winning Poker Network – Americas Cardroom
The company has been accused of processing more than $100 million in sportsbets to US players from 2006 – 2012. The Feds had undercover agents create Bodog accounts, deposit and cashout from Maryland, USA. Tip offs from an employee gave Feds further insight on how the business operated and who the directors of the company were.
Calvin Ayre and three other Canadians were also indicted James Philip, David Ferguson and Derrick Maloney.
The network which operates more than 100 poker skins had approximately 20% of it’s traffic based in the US, PokerScout reported that the network has suffered a 12% decline in traffic since stopping it’s operations in the US on 10th February 2012.
In a recent statement Everleaf Gaming says it’s business as usual, as it continues to offer it’s services worldwide, excluding the United States and France.
Full Tilt Poker looks set to make a comeback deal with Groupe Bernard Tapie taking over command of the once so popular poker room, the deal which has the approval of the DOJ will include paying all outstanding players worldwide that have money suspended in their Full Tilt player accounts.
Although exact details of the deal have not been fully disclosed to date, Managing Director of Groupe Bernard Tapie, Laurent Tapie has confirmed that “payment terms are defined” and that he expects an agreement to be drafted and signed within the next two weeks.