PlayAces open to U.S. Players!
By now, most people have heard about the federal money laundering and bank fraud charges levied against the owners of the biggest online poker sites.
Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet had their .com domain names seized by the United States government. This happened because these companies lied about bank and credit card transactions when players deposited money into their poker accounts.
If you are a member of Full Tilt or Poker Stars, then you probably already realize that you can no longer play for “Real Money” if you live inside of the U.S. Absolute and UB will not allow transactions with American poker players (either deposits or withdrawals), but players who already had a bankroll at one of these poker rooms can continue to play for real money.
If you are worried that you won’t get the money in your account back, here is some advice to ease your fears: back in 2006, I had the same fears when Party Poker and Neteller pulled out of the United States. It took me 3 months, but eventually I did receive the money from those accounts. Full Tilt and Poker Stars are still operating in Europe. It may take them a while, but all U.S. players should eventually be compensated.
Here is each site’s new URL: Full Tilt Poker – fulltiltpoker.co.uk; Poker Stars – PokerStars.eu; Absoulte Poker – AbsolutePoker.eu; Ultimate Bet – UbPoker.eu
Play Aces Poker Network still allowing U.S. Poker Players!
That’s right! Not all of the online poker sites that allows Americans were shut down last Friday. You can still play on the PlayAces poker network. This network includes multiple online gaming sites like PlayersOnly, Sportsbook.com and Superbook. I currently prefer playing at Players Only.
This is one of the largest poker networks remaining. You will find that an average of a several thousand people are playing on the Play Aces software at any given time. A lot of the other poker networks remaining only have several hundred to a thousand real money players at a time.
If you look at the screenshot above, the lobby used on the Play Aces poker network should look relatively familiar if you are used to playing at Full Tilt or Poker Stars. The lobby uses a tabbed approach when it comes to separating the different categories of poker rooms and tournaments available. One of my favorites is playing the No Limit Texas Holdem Sit N Go tournaments.
There is nothing complex with the poker rooms at PlayersOnly. Just sit down at a table and start playing. You can even play at multiple poker tables at the same time, just like you could at PokerStas and Full Tilt.
PlayerOnly Poker Bonus
New poker players at PlayersOnly.com can choose between one of two welcome bonuses. You can either choose to get $200 free or a 100% First Deposit Bonus up to $300!
Like most poker bonuses, the cash is not given to you upfront; rather you have to earn the bonus money through playing the real money poker games. You will earn VIP points when you play at a cash game or a real money tournament. For every 75 VIP points you will earn $1.00 of bonus money. When you reach $5.00 worth up VIP points, the $5 will go from your pending bonus balance to your player account balance.
There is no minimum deposit to receive the $200 bonus. All you have to do is download the PlayAces software and log into the PlayersOnly poker room. You need to make a deposit and play in a real money tournament or cash game to see the bonus money in your pending bonus account.
However, if you would like to have a chance to get the 100% First Deposit Bonus worth up to $300, you will do the same steps as above. In order to claim this bonus, you must use the coupon code PLAYERS300PK when you make your first deposit in the Poker Room. You will see the $300 deposited into your pending bonus account.
You can find out more about the PlayAces poker bonuses by clicking on the banner below.
$500 Welcome Freeroll
Right after you activate one of these two bonuses, you will also receive a coupon for a seat into any of the $500.00 Welcome Freeroll that you will find in the Poker Lobby.
In order to find this freeroll, you have to go to the Tournaments tab and sort by the Type category to find the freeroll tournaments. The freerolls are labeled with a gray box with an “F”.