What Sites Accept U.S. Players?

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It's obvious finding a good site/skin to play poker on in the U.S is getting pretty tricky, and even depending on what state you live in there can be other restrictions. I wanted to use this thread to try and poll what the best sites are and why. So far, the list of sites I have an account on are Lock, America's Cardroom, Bet Online, Bovada, and Black Chip Poker (same as ACR^^). So far out of those rooms I'm having the most success and prefer Lock Poker, but they're having apparent withdrawal issues. So, what do you guys think? What other sites are out there that I don't know about?
This is my list to start, and I'd love feedback from everyone.


Lock Poker:
Great card play system, good tourneys,
but they are having apparent withdrawal issues.

BCP/ACR:
Seems to be coming around and have decent tourneys, and their cash out process looks pretty nice.

Bovada:
Is a little different. I'm not sure if I like the anonymous system, and their payout system is a little strange. They say it has to be by check, and that you have to deposit it by ATM to an account with your name. I don't know exactly what they mean by that, but if it's complicated I don't know if I want to mess with it. The Guarantee tourneys are pretty decent, but you never know who you're playing against.

Bet Online:
This site just doesn't have anything in the way of MTTs unless all you want to do is play micro $1 rebuys all day. and it's hard to figure out how to withdrawal funds and what the options are.

Carbon Poker:
I can't play at Carbon because I live in Missouri.
 
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Not sure exactly what you mean by deposit by ATM either, tbh.

As for other sites, https://www.cardschat.com/poker-site-reviews.php is the page they use here. From what I can ascertain from this forum as well as a couple review sites is that anything not in this list (for the most part) are places you may want to avoid overall.

I know there are a couple others that aren't terrible, but those are the safest bets it seems.
 
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I wont touch lock with a ten foot pole. I do well at bovada and once my bonus is cleared ill withdraw half and play on blackchip(great rakeback and i like the promos). Bcp gave me a free $5 so i got to play around on the tables. I havent messed with any other site than these two so far.
 
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SealsWithClubs.eu bitcoin poker is worldwide and has 4-hr cashouts. 300+ connected.
 
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My picks: BCP/ACR > SwC > Bovada.

Every other US-facing site sucks.
 
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Im skeptical on the whole bitcoin scene. How do you actually deposit on seals?
 
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How do you get rakeback on BCP?
 
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There are tons if affiliates that give 27% rb at bcp. You cant already have an account though. Maybe you can get it at another skin.
 
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How do you get rakeback on BCP?
It's automatic. You get 27% rakeback credited to your account every week.

@Banshee, 27% is the rakeback all Winning skins give by default. There's zero need for you to sign up through an affiliate.
 
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Thanks Alek. Looks like I might be giving them a tumble after all. Direct deposit right into your account? No VIP point bullshit right?
 
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Thx aleksei, i didnt look into it far enough to see that
 
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You forget Ultimate.

the 1st legal site for US players.

think that most sites accept US players to play real money is like these.

Ooo
 
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I tried SWC and couldn't figure out to deposit. It kept wanting me to sign up and deposit on third party sites that werent related to the poker site. This is what I think of the sites.
1. merge-best software, best tournament traffic, best sng traffic, cash game traffic dying off,. slow pay outs 1-2months.
2. Bovada- best cash game traffic IMO, solid mtt traffic, sng's pop off slow, But you can only 4 table any ways. 1 month pay outs.
3. ACR/blackchip- Fastest withdraws. OK mtt traffic, cash games good traffic, Sng's worst. Takes like 30 mins for 1 to pop off(last time I played). Rake is high becuase of BB jackpot and Beast race rake on top of normal rake.
Lock/Betonline-!!AVOID!!, Both have long list of problems. BO are thieves and Lock is just a sinking ship.
 
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NO poker is not allowed in usa really, and if you play on these sites you will not receive money and if you do it will take like 6 months, and then the check will bounce, online poker in usa is dead just like any other freedoms you still have left will be, the american dream is dead! go canada at least they are good :) and i don't live in usa so im glad :)
 
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NO poker is not allowed in usa really, and if you play on these sites you will not receive money and if you do it will take like 6 months, and then the check will bounce, online poker in usa is dead just like any other freedoms you still have left will be, the american dream is dead! go canada at least they are good :) and i don't live in usa so im glad :)

This isn't even remotely true. If you're going to say something like this, be able to back it up. There are people on this very site than live in the US and have shared successful withdrawal stories.

Stop scaring off players, and stop being a jerk with that garbage at the end. Ridiculous.
 
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There are plenty of sites that allow us players. They are all listed above. Dont listen to that Canadian douche. When picking a site it just all depends on what you want to do play tourneys or cash games. Dont play on lock you will never get your money back or any money for that matter. I play on betonline havent had a problem with them but people say they have.
 
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NO poker is not allowed in usa really, and if you play on these sites you will not receive money and if you do it will take like 6 months, and then the check will bounce, online poker in usa is dead just like any other freedoms you still have left will be, the american dream is dead! go canada at least they are good :) and i don't live in usa so im glad :)
This along with some of your posts in other threads make you sound either extremely ignorant or extremely trollish. I'm leaning toward the former, as you say you're not even a US player, which combined with your posts tells me you have no clue about US law on the matter.

90% of the members here will recognize this for what it is and ignore you, but the damage you might be doing with new members who come here looking for information and see your posts is what concerns me. So tone it down. Civil debate, asking questions, and speculating (even when it's blatantly wrong) is fine, but continuously arguing falsehoods as facts is not welcome here.
 
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I agree...check all his other posts

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Looked at BCP and wow, triple rake!! WTF??
I now know why there are zero microstakes ring games running on a Sunday night.....
 
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I've tried Betonline for a couple of weeks and they have freerolls every hour, the problem is that I've had more problems with their software since I started than in the entire time I've spent on all other sites combined. I'm only there to get as much experience as I can playing and analyzing hands, but if I get much more of these forced Windows shutdowns of the program and random glitches such as buttons not working I'm going to just uninstall it and they can go pound sand.

If you haven't tried this site yet I wouldn't bother.
 
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Carbon, BCP/ACP, Bovada, intertops/Juicy/Lock all accept US players. Bovada is my favorite.
 
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I tried SWC and couldn't figure out to deposit. It kept wanting me to sign up and deposit on third party sites that werent related to the poker site. This is what I think of the sites.
1. merge-best software, best tournament traffic, best sng traffic, cash game traffic dying off,. slow pay outs 1-2months.
2. Bovada- best cash game traffic IMO, solid mtt traffic, sng's pop off slow, But you can only 4 table any ways. 1 month pay outs.
3. ACR/blackchip- Fastest withdraws. OK mtt traffic, cash games good traffic, Sng's worst. Takes like 30 mins for 1 to pop off(last time I played). Rake is high becuase of BB jackpot and Beast race rake on top of normal rake.
Lock/Betonline-!!AVOID!!, Both have long list of problems. BO are thieves and Lock is just a sinking ship.

My cash outs there have always been within in a couple weeks
 
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Thanks Alek. Looks like I might be giving them a tumble after all. Direct deposit right into your account? No VIP point bullshit right?
Yep. It's my third-favorite thing about Winning sites, after the lol-fishiness of the jackpot tables and the fold animation. :D
 
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i like bovada even though i have been getting shafted lately but
looks like i will give black chip a run. wonder if they
will accept netspend premier?
 
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