After being shut out of PokerStars and FullTilt Poker following Poker Black Friday I've been looking at options for US Poker Players that want to continue playing.
Carbon Poker is on the Merge Gaming Network and is still accepting US Players. They are licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.
From what I've seen, the Merge network has good feedback from players. Some of the videos on BlueFirePoker (member reviews I've seen) were played on sites on the Merge network.
There seemed to be a good bit of traffic from 4NL to 50NL when I checked. There were also a few 100NL tables running.
There were a lot of US poker players at the tables.
There didn't seem to be much SnG traffic. There are a few MTTs running throughout the day though. There's a $33 $7k Guaranteed running right now that had 275 players registered.
The software looks pretty good. I played some play money games on it and it didn't take long to adjust. I really like the pot size betting buttons that are available. This is good because TableNinja won't work on that site. Fortunately the next release of Holdem Manager will work with Carbon Poker but I'm not sure if HUDs will be supported. Reading their TOS makes me think they're not allowed.
They have a bunch of freerolls and cool promotions including a bad beat jackpot. Use the following link and you can get 35% Carbon Poker Rakeback as well as a 100% deposit bonus up to $600.
The future of online poker in the US isn't clear but for now there are still some options for real money poker. I can't predict what might happen but I created an account with Carbon Poker after looking at different sites. Not sure if I will be depositing yet.
Update: Contacted Carbon Poker and they replied saying they are still accepting US Players and have not been affected by what happened on Friday. Still have some trepidation.
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2 Response to "Carbon Poker for US Players?"
I use to play on Carbon and I really liked it. The main thing was lack of traffic, which I imagine won't be an issue in the months to come. It is kind of trick now to make a deposit from the U.S. You have to actually go to a western union and wire money. This makes me worry that only the regulars/winners from fulltilt/pokerstars will go through the trouble and carbon poker will have a horrible shark/fish ratio. Any thoughts?
i play on carbon poker daily. I made a deposit using my visa credit card. It went through instantly. Never had to wire money?
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