Are Poker Sites Still Accepting US Players?
April 19, 2011
Despite the recent FBI seizure of the FullTiltPoker.com, PokerStars.com, AbsolutePoker.com, and UB.com online poker domain names, there are poker sites still accepting US players. In fact, you can find a comprehensive list of US Poker Sites here. It is still safe to deposit money at the online poker sites recommended on USPokerSites.com, and frankly, the offer great deposit bonuses, promotions, software, and overall decent competition, especially with the increased traffic at all online poker sites still accepting US players.
Sites like Carbon Poker, which usually only see 4,000 online players at a time, if they are lucky, are seeing up in the 10,000 player range at peak times, so there is clearly no want for US online poker sites. And while you can’t play at Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, PokerStars, or UB.com anymore if you are a real money US player, there are still plenty of poker sites still accepting US players.
After the domains were seized last Friday, near panic set into the online poker community, particularly by US players who didn’t know what had happened to their online poker accounts and were just in shock by the FBI warning that graced the front page of Absolute.com. And it only got worse when they logged into their Full Tilt or PokerStars software only to realize they were merely play money players with no real money wagering privileges. This is unfortunately still the state of affairs at these online poker sites currently, but it is not the end of online poker in the US.
Open a new account at a new US online poker site and deposit and play. It’s legal, it’s safe, and it’s ok to play US poker at poker sites still accepting US players.