This is a review of some US friendly poker rooms where, for real money, you can play Texas hold em poker. There are some legal issues surrounding the playing of online poker in the United States, so there are some online poker rooms that do not accept US players. As long as the online poker room abides to regulations, it is perfectly legal for people to play. Contrary to popular belief it is still legal to play online poker in the United States despite the laws that were passed back in 2006 by the UIGEA. The laws are just a bit tougher in the United States compared to other countries. So for a poker room to the US friendly they need to abide by the new regulations.

As far as US-compliant Poker rooms are concerned, the best ones by far are Full Tilt and Poker Stars. As far as online poker is concerned, Poker Stars is the biggest on the planet, with full tilt coming second. Unlike Pokerstars, Full tilt has special offers just as the rakeback deal. They both offer easy ways to deposit and withdraw money suck as the instant eCheck.

For US players, the options are limited for adding and withdrawing from your account. The most common ways for US players are eChecks/ Instant eChecks, Western Union and eWalletXpress. Probable eCheck is the easiest way to deposit and withdraw from your poker account.