Well this really blows. I thought we were making progress towards the legalization of online poker and getting the natural jump that the game would take to all of the mobile smart phone platforms. As I have said before, there isn’t much to report on the mobile poker front. Now with the US government sticking their greedy hands into the fold, I can almost kiss this site goodbye.

But, if I can’t speculate about the next craze in online poker, I can subvert their will and show you the places that still offer online poker to Americans.

As of right now, most American poker players were completely shocked on Friday, April 15 when the federal government went after and shut down operations in the US for four of the largest online poker rooms: Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet.

To tell you the truth, I’ve never played at either Absolute or UB because I’ve heard some shady things in the past about cracks in their poker software. Specifically, I remember a story that showed that players could see the cards for one of the two sites. Anyways, they are both owned by the same group and I never played at either poker room.

I did play at both Full Tilt and PokerStars, but for the past 10 months or so I had been favoring PokerStars and their Home Games network. Well, not anymore … at least for now.

Still want to play online poker in the US?

There are still online poker networks that offer services to U.S. based clientele. First and foremost is the Cake Poker network, which I have promoted recently as the only viable mobile poker website in this article.

You can also obviously play at Cake Poker without using a Windows Mobile device, just like any other online poker room. Cake Poker. The software may appear a little different then you are used to, but it doesn’t take long to master.

Other Poker Networks

There are a couple of other poker networks that are still alive and kicking. This includes one of the new largest poker rooms for US players – Bovada Poker. Being the new largest US poker room isn’t saying that much right now, as all the casual fans of online poker have stopped playing.

On average, there will be between 500 and 1000 real money players at Bovada’s Poker rooms at any one time. This very well may increase substantially as Full Tilt and PokerStars refugees start to look for other places to play.

Also, you will find the Merge Poker network is still alive and well. The largest online poker room under the Merge network is called Carbon Poker.

Again, currently these poker rooms are rather small in numbers. Carbon is currently averaging between 300 and 800 real money players at a given time. Like Bovada, I expect this number to increase in the coming weeks and months. Carbon also has side games that you can play while you are in one of the poker rooms.

Lastly (for now), there is the Yatahay Poker Network. The largest poker room in this network is Doyle’s Room, which is based off of the legendary poker player Doyle Brunson. If you would like more information about Doyle’s Room – click here.