Like the skilled pickpocket that haunts the sports books during big sporting events in Las Vegas casinos, the UIGEA slipped in, tacked onto a Port Securities Act on Black Friday, October 13th, 2006, ripping the wallet right out of the online poker economy. The stolen wallet was the restriction placed on banks for allowing the use of credit cards to fund online gambling. Sites like PartyPoker and Paradise Poker – along with a multitude of others - closed their doors to US players. Yet, believe it or not, playing online poker in the US is only illegal in the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington State, and Wisconsin.
PokerWorks believes in the great game of poker, over land and sea, and especially online poker which provides a poker room within reach for everyone. For your review and playing enjoyment, we present the following top online poker rooms that accept US players and provide easy deposit and withdrawal methods:
| Poker room | Mac App | No Download | Bonus | Review | |
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| PokerStars | ![]() | ![]() | 100% up to $50 | Read more | |
| Full Tilt Poker | ![]() | ![]() | 100% up to $600 | Read more | |
| Absolute Poker | ![]() | ![]() | 200% up to $500 | Read more | |
| Bodog Poker | ![]() | ![]() | 110% up to $500 | Read more | |
| SportsBook Poker | ![]() | ![]() | 100% up to $1000 Bonus | Read more | |
Was poker really invented by anyone or was it always there, since the beginning of time, waiting for us to challenge ourselves by mastering the game?
We have all watched a poker revolution of some sort throughout our poker playing careers - even if we started playing a short time ago. We build it and keep it going and feed it through our bad beat stories and triumphs through reading and writing in poker forums and poker blogs and events recorded on TV. We play it at family gatherings, home games, charity events, casino poker rooms, and online.
Poker is a universal melting pot and is easily played by everyone - and there is a poker game for everyone. Consider these poker games, available online, that can be played with one deck of cards and two or more people: No Limit Holdem, Limit Holdem, Five Card Draw, Five Card Stud, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, Hi/Lo Regular, Razz, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Pineapple, Deuce to 7 Draw, Deuce to 7 Triple Draw, Ace to Five Triple Draw, and combinations of those in Mixed Game format like H.O.R.S.E (Holdem, Omaha, Razz, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo – Eight or Better). And they can be played in a variety of limits and betting structures.
And isn’t online poker the answer for everyone? Of course it is! You don’t have to shower or brush up those pearly whites to take a seat like you would have to if you sat next to others at a casino poker game. Casino poker room players would shudder if your hygiene wasn’t up to par, but playing online leaves only your computer monitor, mouse, and keyboard to notice if your breath would kill. If your monitor starts to dissolve when you breathe on it, find the tooth brush.
Consider the freedom you have with online poker:
Although the list of reasons to play is yours, add or subtract as you will, the end result may never be known because poker is one long game and as the game changes, so will the list. See you at the tables!
PokerWorks believes the UIGEA will modified, as early as 2009, to allow poker to be listed as a game of skill and not included in the online gambling ban due to the persistent efforts of the PPA and others that are fighting for the right to play online.
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