The Best US-Friendly Online Poker Rooms

Recent United States legislation has put a big dent on the online gambling industry because it effectively banned American players – a considerable population – from playing on large international poker rooms. However, some rooms remain open for players from the Land of the Free, and this article features three of the best.

PlayersOnly

Contrary to the policy on other rooms, PlayersOnly is an online poker room exclusively for U.S. players. True to the reputation of the Cake Network, the operator of the room, PlayersOnly is known for loose games, particularly for low-stakes players. Chances are also good that most of the opposition you’ll find are rookies, making for very easy games.

The PlayersOnly software is particularly special because it was designed by a group of poker players themselves. Functionality and ease-of-use was a priority while the software was being designed, and as a result, the PlayersOnly software offers one of the best user experiences.

Add that to their regular freerolls and hefty $1000 bonus, and you’ll find it difficult not to have a great user experience.

Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker is perhaps one of the most competitive online rooms in the world with over a dozen poker professionals and legends playing under their banner. At the high-stakes tables, players can actually go against the pros aside from competing against other players.

Tournaments on Full Tilt Poker are very competitive, with pots regularly reaching thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars and $5 million guaranteed weekly. A lot of great poker action can also be found on the other levels and tables. The peak population of 55,000 players should be enough to show just how much action goes on at Full Tilt Poker’s tables.

Full Tilt Poker has a great variety of games – one of the most varied, in fact – because it offers mixed games. Full Tilt Poker also features software that’s both feature-packed and user-friendly. The graphics are unique and the program allows for several customization options.

Sportsbook Poker

Like all the other sites operated by the Cake network, Sportsbook Poker is exclusively for U.S. players. Sportsbook Poker also uses the same player-developed software as other Cake network sites like PlayersOnly, so ease-of-use and a wide range of features are guaranteed. Players can even play on ten different tables at the same time.

Sportsbook Poker has some of the loosest and juiciest games on the web. Activity is usually concentrated in No Limit Hold’em, but logging on at peak hours will get you a lot of activity in every limit and game.

Sportsbook Poker holds a not-so-remarkable number of tournaments, but they do have enormous $100,000 monthly freerolls and a generous $1000 bonus to satisfy even the most demanding player.