The Best Poker Sites For USA Players

Updated Mar. 12, 2010

After the shakeup following the passage of anti-online gambling laws in late 2006 in the US, many of the top American online poker sites left the USA market. That opened the door for many new poker rooms to enter the market. The established rooms that stayed have gobbled up the many US players left behind without a poker site to play at. So that leaves the most important question that many new and long-time American poker players are asking.

What is the best poker site that allows US players?

Without further ado, I present to you my countdown of the best poker sites for USA players:

#1.Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker has been the poker site that has blossomed the most since 2006 and has become my favorite poker site for US players. Full Tilt Poker has the best poker software with beautiful yet simple graphics and a very intuitive user interface. They offer the industry leading sign up bonus of 100% up to $600 that is quite easy to clear. Full Tilt has very quick payouts with many different banking options, and you can quite often play with many of the pros that you see on TV all the time. There are tons of tournaments, both sit-n-gos and multi-table tournaments. The only negative that I can find is that they only offer email support (which is unfortunately becoming the norm). Read my in-depth Full Tilt Poker Review for more information.

#2.Sportsbook Poker

Sportsbook Poker is a new addition to the US poker market, but the sports betting portion of the site has been in operation for years and is one of the leaders of the online sports betting industry. Sportsbook Poker features loose games, excellent statistics on your play, high financial security, the best USA online casino, and a fantastic sign up bonus: 100% up to $1000. The only real drawback is that there is a limited player volume. It’s not that big of a drawback because the players at Sportsbook are very easy to beat.  You can read my full Sportsbook Poker review.

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#3.PlayersOnly Poker

PlayersOnly Poker was established in 2006 and after a few years of growing pains, they are really hitting their stride with increased player volume. Players Only poker comes in at number three on our list of best poker sites for USA players because of its very attractive table software, soft competition at low and middle stakes, and a very good 100% up to $1,000 bonus that can be cleared in a very short amount of time at the tables.

Players Only Poker is great for newer players by offering freeroll tournaments every few hours every day of the week. They also offer some unique player rewards and promotions such as their Gold Card lottery, in which they hand out a few gold cards to random players every day. You may use the gold cards to enter special tournaments or collect all 52 and win $52,000! The downsides to PlayersOnly are there is not quite enough players online at off peak hours to keep some games going, they offer only email support, and there are limited cashout options.

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#4.PokerStars

Pokerstars is the largest poker site for US players and it is also the largest poker room in the world. Pokerstars has over 150,000 players online at almost any time and I would bet that many of them are Americans. No other US poker site can boast that. The positives for Poker stars is their player volume, availability of any game at any level, they feature great Texas holdem heads up poker action, and they have a player points store that is second to none. Honestly, there aren’t many negatives, but the ones that come to mind are that they only offer email support and the games are pretty tough at higher levels. Check out my Poker Stars Review if you want more information.