Approved Online Poker Rooms that Accept US Players

The following is a list of online poker rooms that accept players that live inside the United States of America, our Approved Online Poker Rooms for Non-US players is listed below:

Bodog.com Online Poker Room – Bodog Poker plays host to a $100,000 Guaranteed Online Poker Tournament and regardless of the turn out the prize pools is at least $100K even if the total value of buy-ins fails to reach this minimum amount. Win your buy-in for as little as $1 or 400 Bodog Poker Points. Bodog Poker now offers a great 110% Sign Up Bonus by CLICKING HERE.

PlayersOnly.com Online Poker Room – The Players Only Poker Room is part of the Cake Poker network, the fastest growing poker network in the world. Players Only offers guaranteed prize pools over $3 million per month and several million dollar freerolls, huge reload bonuses, and tournaments for exclusive parties and sporting events. In addition, Players Only Poker Room offers the Gold Chip loyalty program that allows online poker players the ability to redeem gold chips and cards earned at the table for tournament entries and prizes. Get a 100% sign up bonus from PlayersOnly.com by clicking here.

BetUS.com Online Poker Room – BetUS Poker Room is the place to be for all of your online poker needs. Get poker tips from the pros and then make a killing by downloading their software for $3 million in guarantees, tons of satellites and freeroll tournaments. They have an amazing rewards program called the Gold Chip Program which rewards action from online poker players. Choose from Texas Hold'em, Omaha Poker, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, and 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo. Sign up at BetUS Poker today and get a 100% sign-up bonus up to $600 by clicking here.

When you make the move from sports betting to online poker, you should take advantage of the poker sitesí promotions. Look for an Absolute poker bonus or another good offer. This is a smart way to build a poker bankroll.

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The Irish Poker Open is one of the longest running No Limit Texas hold'em poker tournaments in Europe initiating in 1981. It is traditionally celebrated during Easter weekend and this year it is scheduled to be played April 9th-13th 2009. At this time it is the second longest running poker tournament in the world after the World Series of Poker.

This year’s four-day Main Event begins April 10th with the Main Event buy-in set at €3,200 + €300. This tournament is one of Europe's largest and a fixture on the international poker calendar.

Join Sportsbook.com Poker to play in one of their many satellite tournaments to qualify into the Irish Poker Open.  Sportsbook.com Poker runs big tournament qualifiers every day. What are you waiting for? Register today and win a seat into the Irish Poker Open!

The Citywest Hotel will once again host high caliber players from all over the world. The 2008 version of this tournament saw players such as poker Legend Doyle Brunson and his son Todd Brunson. Sorel Mizzi, Roland De Wolfe, Padraig Parkinson, Dario Minieri and World Series of Poker bracelet-winner Ciaran were also amongst the dozens of other poker professionals registered to play. A higher stake of €200,000 was also added to the prize pool by Paddypowerpoker.com, which took the pool past the €3 million mark.

All said and done it was English poker pro Neil Channing who earned €801,400 and the 2008 Irish Poker Open title. Unfortunately he had to defeat local favorite Donal Norton heads up before taking his title. Anyhow, Norton took home €420,000 for his 2nd place finish. Thomas Dunwoodie finished in 3rd place ahead of Tim Blake (4th), Kai Danilo Paulsen (5th) and Edwin Tournier (6th).

See how Lucky your Leprechaun is the day after St. Patrick’s Day at Sportsbook.com Poker! Good Luck!

Mike McGrath, the Marketing Director at The Million Dollar Poker Club , used to produce television shows with Daniel. "Daniel is a great ambassador for the game, one of the world's top players and one hell of a genuinely nice guy. He has the temperament we were looking for. PokerStars are very fortunate to have him as a spokesperson. It was natural for me to turn to his training company, PokerVT, when we decided to train 50 of our members to potentially represent us at the WSOP 2009.  Instead of spending our money on a star like Daniel, we decided we should use his skills to train our own generation of WSOP champions. We look forward to seeing if we can attract the right caliber of players and just how well this approach will work.

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UltimateBet today announced the sponsorship of the first annual Tony and Eva Parker Celebrity Casino Night benefiting Eva’s Heroes. Founded by Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria, Eva’s Heroes is dedicated to enriching the lives of those with developmental challenges and helping children and young adults with special needs to integrate and flourish in society.
 
“I’m incredibly excited that the popularity of poker is able to help such an important cause and I’m unbelievably honored to be associated with this charity,” stated UltimateBet pro Phil Hellmuth who is on board to emcee the event.
 
The celebrity poker tournament gets underway on August 9th at Pedrotti’s North Wind Ranch in San Antonio, Texas. The $300 buy-in tournament includes a buffet dinner, $10,000 in chips for the Texas Hold’em tournament and an additional $2,000 in chips for all other casino games. The winner of the poker tournament will leave with a seat in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event in Vegas, donated to Eva’s Heroes by UltimateBet.
 
To help raise additional money for Eva’s Heroes, UltimateBet has also donated an Aruba Poker Classic prize package to the casino night’s live auction. The prize package includes a seat in this year’s Main Event plus a head-to-head poker game and a lesson with Phil Hellmuth in his personal suite in Aruba. The 2008 Aruba Poker Classic gets underway on September 27th and several celebrities have already confirmed their attendance including actor Don Cheadle and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian.

With some of the biggest stars of television and sports slated to attend the charity poker tournament, Access Hollywood, Extra and Entertainment Tonight are expected to cover the event. Already confirmed are Eva Longoria, Tony Parker, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Katie Chonacas, Tim Duncan, Sean Elliott, Willie Garson, Jennifer Morrison, Adam Rodriguez, Leeann Tweeden and David Zayas.
 
More information on UltimateBet’s sponsorship is available at http://www.evasheroes.org/casinonight.html.
 
Designed with the assistance of the best poker players in the world – Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke – UltimateBet provides the best poker games available on the net. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments and get tips from these pros to learn the sport or to enhance their playing strategy. UltimateBet currently has over 2 million registered players.

"From Hollywood to Vegas, Tiffany Michelle is a rising star in so many extraordinary ways,” stated Annie Duke, UltimateBet’s Cardroom Consultant. “We’re thrilled to be able to bring such a talented force on board.” 

This 24-year-old actress and singer/songwriter has quickly become one of poker’s most recognizable female pros – and it’s no wonder why.  The cameras were rolling at this year’s World Series of Poker when Tiffany Michelle, the last female player left standing in the Main Event, outperformed her way to an impressive 17th place finish, beating the largest field to date by a woman. The Hollywood actress walked away with $334,534 in cash and was sporting UltimateBet gear as part of the online poker site’s much-talked-about UB Army program.

Tiffany has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, appearing in a variety of popular films and several celebrated American television series including ER and Nip/Tuck.  Tiffany turned to poker to supplement her acting income between film and television projects and

began playing tournaments online at UltimateBet to hone her game, quickly discovering additional success at land-based tournaments and in cash games. In virtually no time at all, Tiffany went from gaining roles on the audition circuit to gaining respect at the poker tables. 

Tiffany Michelle joins two of poker’s most revered online players— Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy and James “POKERPRO33 ” Campbell—on UltimateBet’s roster of high caliber players. She can be found playing online poker at UltimateBet under the name Tiffany M and will be featured in a variety of future promotions on the site. Online poker players can employ UltimateBet’s free UltimateBuddy software to discover where Tiffany M is seated and instantly join her at the tables.

During tonight's ESPN broadcast, viewers will witness Team Bodog player Grant Hinkle, a 27-year-old marketing manager from Kansas City, Mo., bust a talented final table featuring poker legend Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, young gun Theo Tran and tournament ace David Bach. Along with his impressive victory in an event that drew 3,929 players, the largest non-Main Event field in WSOP* history, Hinkle took home a life-changing $831,462 .
 
Hinkle's early bracelet win proved to be momentous for Team Bodog. Just a day later, the team was back in the spotlight with Bodog pros David Williams and Justin Bonomo seated side by side at the final table for Event No. 4 ($5,000 buy-in Mixed Holdem). With an all-pro final nine, including 2008 WSOP* Player of the Year Erick Lindgren, this will be one to watch when it airs on ESPN on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 8 p.m. ET.

Like Williams and Bonomo, Team Bodog pros Jean-Robert Bellande and Evelyn Ng also found great success at the tables this summer. In the final tournament before the Main Event, Bellande racked up a second place finish to pocket $173,564 and Ng saw herself cashing in two events this summer including an impressive deep run in the Main Event. All together, Team Bodog pros and qualifiers walked away with a combined total of $1,629,767 in winnings from the World Series in Las Vegas.

"We are extremely proud of our Team Bodog pros and qualifiers for their successes at this year's World Series," said Morris Mohawk Gaming Group CEO Alwyn Morris. "The WSOP* has been very good to Bodog players for several years now, including a Main Event win in 2006 and a number of bracelet titles. We expect to see even more success at the WSOP Europe this September and across the globe at WPT, EPT and APT events throughout the year." 

Regardless of how they fared at the tables, no Team Bodog qualifer walked away empty-handed as everyone donning the black and red of Bodog was treated to an unparalleled VIP experience the moment they touched down in Las Vegas. From an exclusive party at The Palms Hardwood Fantasy Suite filled to the rim with Bodog Girls to private helicopter excursions to the Grand Canyon and an adrenaline-filled day at the racetrack driving high-performance Corvettes, Bodog's WSOP qualifiers experienced Las Vegas like no one else – in total Bodog style. 

The World Series in Las Vegas is just one of a number of tournaments held around the world that poker players can win seats to for as little as $1 at Bodog every week. From the Asian Poker Tour in Macau this August, to the WSOP Europe in London this September and WPT events across North America, Bodog's Player's Choice packages give winners the chance to compete for millions of dollars while experiencing some of the most exciting and exotic locations in the world as only Team Bodog members do.

The UltimateBet pro today announced that his new video strategy series, How to Win the World Series of Poker*, is available for a limited time at the special price of $59.95. The downloadable video series is available at PhilHellmuth.com and gives online poker fans access to the strategies that have helped Phil Hellmuth win 11 WSOP* bracelets in Vegas.

The series is especially useful for the nearly 7000 players competing for the top prize in the world’s most prestigious poker tournament. It offers specific strategies for every day and every aspect of the poker tournament.

Also released for sale are: Phil Hellmuth's Black Belt Poker – Complete Limit and No Limit Hold’em Poker Course; Phil Hellmuth's Black Belt Poker Course – No Limit Hold’em; and Phil Hellmuth's Black Belt Poker Course – Omaha Hold’em.

In addition to his seemingly untouchable bracelet record, Hellmuth is also the youngest player to ever win the Main Event in Vegas and he holds the record for most cashes at 67 – four of which took place at this year’s series.

Full details on How to Win the World Series of Poker* are available at PhilHellmuth.com.

“We’re hitting milestones, breaking records and making ordinary poker players extraordinarily rich,” stated an Absolute Poker spokesperson. “Bad Beat Jackpot continues to attract an enormous number of poker players to Absolute Poker and we can’t wait to beat the industry record we just set once again.” 

The latest bad beat win happened on June 22nd at 9:06pm ET just one year after Absolute Poker launched the Texas Hold’em-based jackpot game to the delight of US players. An online poker player with the moniker RIVERMAN1969 from Pasadena, Maryland lost a hand of Texas Hold’em with four tens to BFOXY’s four queens, securing $325,212.40 for his loss. BFOXY left the table $163,343.67 richer and 88 other online poker players shared in an additional $163,343.67, including those seated at the table where the bad beat occurred and those seated at Bad Beat Jackpot tables featuring the same stakes and game type. 

The popped jackpot eclipses the previous industry record held by Absolute Poker . On August 29th, 2007, the popular online poker site swiped the record for the largest Bad Beat Jackpot ever won in online poker history from Party Poker. 

With more and more players flocking to Absolute Poker for a shot at winning hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash just by losing a hand of Texas Hold’em, the jackpot could easily reach a million dollars on a regular basis. 

Absolute Poker is paying players for their losing hands. Bad Beat Jackpot is just like regular Texas Hold’em but with a slight twist. If a player loses a Texas Hold’em hand holding four 8s or anything better while seated at a Bad Beat Jackpot table, they’ll win a large piece of the Bad Beat Jackpot. The winner of the hand, the participants in the online poker hand and players seated at Bad Beat Jackpot tables with the same game type and stakes also share in the jackpot.

To help the jackpot build, $0.50 is collected from qualifying hands at Bad Beat Jackpot tables. 

Full details on Absolute Poker’s Bad Beat Jackpot game can be found at www.absolutepoker.com.

His tournament wins could be higher except that in the third season of the WPT in made the final table in two consecutive tournaments and finished second each time. He lost out to Eli Elezra and Doyle Brunson . If you are going to lose a tournament there is no shame to losing to either of these two players. As a more experienced 2008 WSOP player Lee Watkinson will do his best to top his second place finishes.

Lee Watkinson has the nickname of “Sandwich” with the other pros as the name is a favorite type of bet he makes over and over with either a good hand or a bad hand. Bet on 2008 WSOP player Lee Watkinson at Bodoglife.com.

Lee really started to shine in the tounaments in 2004 and he has had very good money years each year since. His in the money finishes at the WSOP and final tables in the WPT were a precursor of things to come in the following years. His play has become even tougher for his opponents in the years since 2004. In 2006 he won a bracelet in the WSOP $10,000 Omaha Pot Limit event. This win was worth over six hundred thousand to Lee. In 2007 he made the final table in the main event and was knocked out in eighth place,  The payout for eighth was over a half a million dollars. Lee does not have a lot of wins, but he does do well in the money department.  In 2008 he made the final table in two consecutive events.  Lee finished  5th in a WPT event and 7th in a WSOP circuit event.  You cannot win a tournament without getting to the final table.  Lee Watkinson has that part of the deal down pat.