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August 25, 2011. Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and UB have shut down, while Pokerstars, Doyles Room, and Sportsbook.com are no longer accepting US customers.
If you want to play for real money, we recommend BetOnline Poker and Bodog Poker. They welcome US players and a high success rate processing Visa credit & debit cards.
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Best Deposit Options for US Online Poker Players
The best deposit option available to US players are Visa credit & debit cards. The best online poker rooms that accept US players and Visa are BetOnline and Bodog. Bodog’s poker room has been around a long time, and there is a well-established base of players. BetOnline’s poker room is newer, but they’ve grown incredibly fast over the last several months. Without a smaller number of options for US players, both of these sites have become very busy.
Visa Credit & Debit Card Deposits for USA Players
Most online poker rooms accept Visa deposits of $600 per day, up to $1500 per 7 days, and $2000 per 30 days.
The benefit of using your Visa credit card or debit card for depositing is that they’re fast and easy. Within minutes of registering your new player account, you can be playing for real money. The entire deposit process using a Visa credit card generally takes about 2 minutes.
“Why Was My Visa Credit Card Was Turned Down at Bodog or BetOnline?
If your Visa credit card is turned down by the poker room, it’s probably not your fault. Since idiot Governor Bill Frist created the UIGEA, a bill which makes it more difficult for US players to make online poker deposits, Visa credit cards get turned down from time to time. It doesn’t mean the poker room doesn’t like you or doesn’t want you to deposit. It means that the poker room is having issues with their automated Visa processor.
“How Do I Make a Poker Deposit if My Visa Credit Card Doesn’t Work”?
You have some options. First, if you really want to play at the poker site where your Visa was denied, then your first option is to contact the customer service department. Tell them that your Visa credit card was denied, and that you want to know if they have alternative processors that they can run your card through. Most online poker sites (and all of the big ones), have alternative processors where they can run your card manually. This tends to result in a higher success rate for making deposits with Visa.
The next option that we recommend is to skip that poker room and sign up at BetOnline Poker instead. BetOnline has the highest success rate for Visa deposits.
The final option is to choose one of the other deposit options available at the poker room. In the lobby, click on the Cashier button. Most U.S. poker rooms offer a selection of deposit methods that include Instant eChecks, eWalletXpress, Western Union, Money Gram (MG), UseMyWallet, Click2Pay, cashiers checks, money orders, Rapid Transfer, MyPaylinQ, and others.
Neteller is no longer an options for USA based poker players.
What Online Poker Sites Accept Mastercard Deposits From US Players?
For U.S. poker players, Mastercard isn’t much of an option anymore.
If your Mastercard is not accepted, contact customer support and ask if they have alternative processors they can use to run your card manually. If they don’t, try a Visa card or one of the other deposit methods available to US players.