Online poker is a complex subject. The legality of playing, the online poker sites available to play at, and many other facets of the game are affected by geography. For American players, experts at ProfessionalRakeback.com have researched online poker at a granular level and created these guides for each of the 50 states.
Choose a state below to learn everything you need to know about how and where to play poker online from within your state of residence.
Rakeback Deals
ProfessionalRakeback.com offers a variety of rakeback deals to our readers. Below you will find our top three rakeback deals. However, for more information on what rakeback is, why it might be helpful to you, and for access to our full list of rakeback sites to play on, you need to visit our comprehensive poker Rakeback guide.
ACR POKER
- BONUS:
- 100% up to $2,000
- ★★★★★
- 4.3 / 5
Not only does ACR Poker boast the highest traffic of any US-serving rakeback-offering poker room, but it also has the largest online poker tournaments, including the famous recurring $10 Million VENOM tournament and at least one $250,000 guaranteed tourney each Sunday.
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BLACKCHIP POKER
- BONUS:
- 100% up to $2,000
- ★★★★★
- 4.2 / 5
Black Chip Poker is part of the same Winning Poker Network as ACR Poker, so most of the same advantages and disadvantages of ACR apply to this room too. It's a good idea to sign up for a BCP account if you already have an ACR account that you don't want to use for one reason or another.
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COIN POKER
- BONUS:
- 150% up to $2,000
- ★★★★★
- 4.1 / 5
Coin Poker is the largest pure crypto-currency online poker site on the internet. CP is also the fastest-growing rakeback site with steadily increasing player traffic, growing tournament guarantees, and a smooth poker client interface.
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Amaya Group, which is the home for PokerStars and Full Tilt has been making noise that they are interested in getting involved in the Daily Fantasy Sports scene. Last week those noises finally became action and the vision for what things will be like became much clearer. What is the future? How does it compare to what people thought it would be? We will look at those question, and more.
Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker might not grab most of the attention of players with flashy headlines, but small, solid improvements and offerings allow for it to be a very competitive site for serious and recreational players alike. These latest two announcements continue on that path of not bowling over the customer, but still being excellent opportunities for players to enjoy and take advantage of.
Full Flush Poker has had great leaderboards in the past that awarded lucrative prize packages, but they have always been lacking a significant cash prize, even to the top performer. They are changing this paradigm though with their latest leaderboard announcement, but you better be ready for a long grind if you want to place on this leaderboard!
Full Tilt Poker continues to change how it does essentially everything, and this time the promised changes to the player rewards system were what was changed to reflect the changed direction. While these changes are a little less extreme than what was seen with the cash game overhaul a few weeks ago, they are still significant to some players.
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Much of the attention at Winning Poker Network, and rightly so, has been on the announced Million Dollar Sunday Series coming up in September and October. This isn’t the only important tournament series happening though, as the 2nd Freebuy Series has also been announced and it is expected to be even better than last time with a full schedule of great events and a very lucrative Main Event starting in late August!
Bovada underwent a complete redesign on the website end of its offerings, which might sound insignificant, until you realize that the majority of the sports betting traffic is though the website. These changes have been met with a fairly wide range opinions, for numerous reasons. We will give you a review of the changes and what some of those complaints are!