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This is a guide for online poker players in the America who want to know where they can play online poker and when they might be able to play in their home states. For states where online poker is legal, this is a guide for US online poker room reviews, poker sites available in your area, deposit bonuses, and online poker announcements.
US online poker laws seem to be changing monthly since government attorneys announced that the Wire Act cannot be used to prohibit states from allowing online poker. Online poker rooms and online gambling sites are clamoring for state licenses, and the US online gambling landscape is going through a major change.
For a select few Americans, online poker is here already. Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware are leading the United States into the billion-dollar-a-year industry, and many more states are looking to get into the game in the very near future.
By the end of 2015, as many as a dozen states could allow their residents to play on legal online poker sites. That number may be higher if a federal bill, the Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2013, is approved in 2014. But since the odds of that happening are less than hitting a one-outer on the river, all the online poker news concerning legislation is coming from individual states.
American online poker laws are about to go through drastic revision, and US online poker sites will pop up as the laws change. Laws are changing fast, and this guide promises to remain up to date on all possible movements concerning online poker legislation.
A brief overview of each state’s stance on online poker is below, but click through for a full update on the state’s online poker laws, and gambling laws in the state in general.
Alabama
Alabama doesn’t even have a state lottery. It’s home to some of the most morally strict policymakers in the country, so poker is not coming anytime soon. Read more ...
Alaska
Online poker legislation remains frigid in the great white north, but the game has a few fans who are elected officials, and although lawmakers resisted expanding almost any type of gambling in here, online poker has a chance. Read more ...
Arizona
Despite a thriving Indian casino industry — or more like because of it — lawmakers are being cautious with online poker. Also, the governor is a tough opponent of any type of gambling expansion, poker included. Read more ...
Arkansas
Online poker legislation may be far off, but unlike some of its neighboring states, online poker may come to Arkansas with a federal push. Read more ...
California
Online poker will come to California maybe as soon as 2014. A crowded industry split into three factions may delay action on online poker bills already submitted. Read more ...
Colorado
With a steady and strong push from its significant casino industry, online poker legislation is most likely forthcoming in Colorado sometime in 2015. The state is already studying the effects online poker would have. Read more ...
Connecticut
As its neighboring states start to allow their residents access to online poker sites, look for Connecticut to follow suit. As such a small state, it’s a prime candidate to contract with other states for shared player pools. Read more ...
Delaware
As of October 2013, online poker is completely legal, regulated, and live in Delaware. Read more ...
Florida
Two powerful casino forces — the racinos and Indian tribes — face off against a conservative state government intent on preventing gambling expansion. The governor has won the first round. Read more ...
Georgia
The official view toward poker here is as rigid as a Georgia pine. Poker is gambling, and gambling is bad in Georgia. Read more ...
Hawaii
Although one of the few states without any form of legalized gambling, Hawaii is rumored to be looking to get into the online-poker game. Read more ...
Idaho
Completely in the middle ground, there is no pending online poker legislation in Idaho. A grassroots effort would help here. Read more ...
Illinois
Online poker is being talked about by state officials. look for an online poker bill sometime in 2015. Read more ...
Indiana
With a conservative governor and minor casino industry, it’s going to take a political campaign by its online poker players to move online poker forward. Read more ...
Iowa
Since 2011, certain lawmakers have pushed for online poker legalization. Now with states going live, watch for Iowa to join the game in 2014 or 2015. Read more ...
Kansas
A significant political shift is necessary for online poker to even be considered in the Sunflower State. Read more ...
Kentucky
Now that the powerful horseracing industry has wedged itself into the multi-state casino industry, watch for online poker legislation to move fast once more states go live. Read more ...
Louisiana
An online poker debate should come to Louisiana in 2014, with significant movement in 2015. Online poker does face some opposition here. Read more ...
Maine
Brand new to the casino game, and with such a pretty face, Maine would make a lovely interstate online poker partner. However, it remains a wallflower. Read more ...
Maryland
With a healthy paranoia that it is missing out on the online poker industry, lawmakers began to push for it in 2013. Look for another push in 2014 and beyond. Read more ...
Massachusetts
Cautiously optimistic is how online poker players in Beantown should feel. Online poker won’t come there as quickly as it should, but it’s likely coming at some point. Read more ...
Michigan
A large casino industry will fuel the push toward online poker. State lawmakers seem to be wary, though. Read more ...
Minnesota
With a strong casino industry, it would seem Minnesota would be further along with online poker legalization than it is. It may catch up soon. Read more ...
Mississippi
An online-gambling bill failed to make it out of committee in 2013, but a multi-billion dollar casino industry will have a say. Read more ...
Missouri
Another state with a significant casino industry, but with no real movement toward online poker or gambling legalization. It will join the game sooner rather than later. Read more ...
Montana
Poker is considered gambling here, and online gambling was outlawed in the state in 2005. With no pending legislation, it may be awhile. Read more ...
Nebraska
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Poker-playing multi-billionaire hedge-fund manager Warren Buffett lives here and he hates the thought of online gambling. Poker is sadly included in his categorization. Read more ...
Nevada
Online poker is legal in Nevada, and several rooms are live for real-money play. Read more ...
New Hampshire
For such a small state, New Hampshire has more online poker players per capita than anyone else. Still, there’s no pending legislation. Read more ...
New Jersey
Online poker and gambling is legal in New Jersey. Online poker will be available in November 2013. Read more ...
New Mexico
New Mexico's 20 Indian casinos will have a say in the legislation of online poker here. Tribes have threatened to stop payments to the state if it legalizes online gambling. Read more ...
New York
New York may very well be the fourth state to legalize online poker in 2014. It has the support of the governor, as well as many lawmakers. Read more ...
North Carolina
No real online poker push is coming from North Carolina. Check back once other states start to go live. Read more ...
North Dakota
This was once the first state to try to legalize online poker in 2005; the feds put an end to that. Online poker legalization is on the backburner. Read more ...
Ohio
A state late to the casino game, online poker legalization has a real chance in 2015 or 2016, particularly if Pennsylvania beats Ohio to the market. Read more ...
Oklahoma
This state allows tribes to operate online poker rooms, with one major caveat: They can only do business with people living in other countries. What a rub. Oklahomans will have online poker sooner rather than later. Read more ...
Oregon
Once California begins to offer online poker, watch for Oregon’s Indian casinos to begin applying pressure to lawmakers. They have shown to be a savvy lobbying group. Read more ...
Pennsylvania
With one scrapped bill that would have legalized online poker and gambling, be sure another will come in 2014. Although facing resistance in committee, online poker should be here by 2016. Read more ...
Rhode Island
A prime candidate to partner with Delaware. Industry insiders say a contract is in the works. Read more ...
South Carolina
The online-poker industry faces major resistance here. Any talks of gambling expansion are immediately quashed. Read more ...
South Dakota
Online poker isn’t on the lips of any lawmakers here. But with a strong Indian casino industry, look for that to change in 2014. Read more ...
Tennessee
A strong religious base makes it difficult to move online poker legislation anywhere. Like, harder than shoving a mule through keyhole. Read more ...
Texas
Home of the congressman behind the Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2013, several bills that affect poker, online and otherwise, currently reside in committees. Texas looks like it wants to finally acknowledge the game. Read more ...
Utah
Online poker players in Utah at least have Nevada just over the border. Other than that, Utah is a desert for online poker players. Read more ...
Vermont
The tiny state may be game to contract with Delaware, New Jersey, and/or Nevada and allow its residents access to online poker sites. Once more states allow online poker, watch for Vermont to follow. Read more ...
Virginia
Online poker players must hope for political change statewide in order to eventually access online poker sites. It has a law on the books that outlaws Internet gambling. Read more ...
Washington, D.C.
Online poker was set to come to its citizens in 2013, but politics played its part and it was delayed. Online poker will definitely come to D.C. eventually. Read more ...
Washington
The only state that criminalizes the online poker player, a grassroots movement stemming from that law is growing. Plus, Indian casinos are now in favor of legalization. Read more ...
West Virginia
State officials are most likely looking to contract with other states, probably Delaware. It may happen as soon as 2014. Read more ...
Wisconsin
The Indian casinos have yet to show their hand as to where they stand on online poker. There is no legislative chatter concerning online poker rooms. Read more ...
Wyoming
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Lawmakers here are resistant to any form or gambling expansion, including online poker. If recent history is correct, online poker has a tough fight here. Read more ...
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When budding poker players ask for advice on how to improve at poker, they are often directed to one of the many online training sites. It is a sign of us living in a digital age. While training sites can, and do, help players to increase their poker knowledge, some will argue there is no substitute for online poker strategy books when it comes to learning about this fantastic game.
Head over to Amazon and you will discover close to 500 poker strategy books available to purchase. A significant number of these probably are not worth the paper that they are written on, and will almost certainly be forgotten. But there have been some superb texts written over the years including the ones listed below, all of which can benefit players of online tournament poker.
Online Poker Strategy Books: The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky
While not specific to tournament poker, David Sklansky’s The Theory of Poker is right up there with the most important poker strategy books ever written. It contains all the basic strategic fundamentals across its 276 pages, much of which are still relevant decades after it was first published. Read this book because it gives you a solid base on which to stack further knowledge.
Online Poker Strategy Books: Super/System: A Course in Power Poker by Doyle Brunson
Considered by many to be the poker bible, Super/System was truly ground-breaking when it was published in the late 1970s. It’s original cover price was $100 at release, equivalent to more than $400 in today’s climate, yet it sold steadily for the next 30 years. And even though it appeared well before the online age (and also isn't specific to tournaments), it still provides a great deal of insight and knowledge for online tournament players.
At 600 pages, the book is on the larger side, but there is golden information on all of those pages. Super/System was the first book that showed how the most successful poker players approached the game, moving towards loose-aggressive play in hold’em games, plus it gives tips and strategies for several other popular poker variants, with some of those strategies coming from some of Brunson’s peers.
Online Poker Strategy Books: Every Hand Revealed by Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen is one of poker’s most unorthodox players, yet nobody can argue with his tournament results, which include three World Poker Tour titles. While playing in the 2007 Aussie Millions Main Event, the Great Dane made notes about every hand that he played, giving his thought process for each. Oh, he also went on to win the tournament for A$1.5 million.
Once you begin reading Hansen’s book, you’ll find it difficult to put down until you have read it cover to cover. While Hansen’s style of play is not for the fainthearted, it does give you an insight into how to play a loose-aggressive style in poker tournaments.
Online Poker Strategy Books: Harrington on Hold’em series by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie
The 1995 World Series of Poker Main Event champion’s first Harrington on Hold’em volume is the best-selling poker book in history, and it is easy to see why. Much like Brunson’s Super/System, Harrington on Hold’em gave poker tournament players a glimpse into how to approach the different stages of a tournament, the “M” concept (which is still relevant today), tips on bluffing frequencies, and other such nuances.
Harrington on Hold’em: Volume II arrived soon after — this writer believes this is the best of the series — with Volume III completing the tournament series. Some of the information in Harrington on Hold’em may be a little outdated as it advocates a mostly tight-aggressive approach, but it lays great foundations for anyone looking to enter the world of tournament poker.
Online Poker Strategy Books: The Mental Game of Poker I & II by Jared Tendler and Barry Carter
This is another entry that isn’t focused on playing advice, but it is still possibly one of the most useful poker strategy series around.
Often, you will find that the difference between a winning poker player and a losing one is how strong the person’s mental game is. Once you have read both of Jared Tendler and Barry Carter’s books, you will be armed with the tools necessary to understand how the human psyche works, to recognize you are about to tilt, and to employ strategies and thought processes for improving your mental game. You can even apply the concepts to other areas of your life.
Online Poker Strategy Books: Excelling at No-Limit Hold’em by Jonathan Little and others
One of the more recently written books to make it onto our list is Excelling at No-Limit Hold’em by Jonathan Little and 17 others such as Mike Sexton, Jared Tendler, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Moneymaker, and former PokerNews managing editor Chad Holloway.
Some say the book is like a modern day Super/System, in this case covering several areas of no-limit hold’em, and a title worthy of shelf space for any poker player.
Online Poker Strategy Books: Moorman’s Book of Poker by Chris Moorman and Byron Jacobs
Few books captured the imagination of the poker community before they were launched more than Chris Moorman’s book. The winningest player in online poker tournament history released his book in November 2014 and is essentially Moorman reviewing various hand histories from tournaments played by co-author Byron Jacobs.
Moorman has shied away from poker training sites, so this could be the only way you get to delve inside the mind of one of online poker’s legendary tournament players.
Online Poker Strategy Books: Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time by Eric Lynch, Jon Van Fleet, and Jon Turner
Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time is a three-book series that gives the reader a step-by-step guide into decision making across a wide range of different scenarios. The books are packed full of hand examples taken from the hand histories of Eric “Rizen” Lynch, Jon “Pearljammer” Turner, and Jon “Apestyles” Van Fleet, three players who have combined winnings of more than $10 million.
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