Play Poker Online

Here at PokerXL we keep track of the best places for Americans to play poker online.

Our top picks include the best sign up bonuses available when you click through our links.

The best strategy is to sign up and play for 'play money' just to get the feel of the site. Once you like a site review their money transfer options and see which ones are available in your locale.

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Poker Stars - Click here

Undoubtedly Poker Stars made their mark on the poker world when one of their online poker players Chris Moneymaker won a $40 poker tournament on their web site and then went on to win the World Series of Poker in real life. The publicity must have been a dream for the site owners. Let's face it, if the practice you can get on this web site is good enough to help you win the World Series of Poker the site has to be good.  To prove it was not a fluke the 2004 WSOP champion was also an online qualifier from Poker Stars, and so was the runner up!

PokerStars is very simple yet attractive in appearance and it is probably one of the easiest to follow the action on. Poker Stars is ideal for both beginners and pros alike.

NEW: Different themes, pick the table design you like and even select from card designs and add your own custom wallpaper.  Play cards the way you want to!  Also they have recently introduced HORSE, HOSE, Razz and 5 card draw.

Full Tilt Poker - Click here

Full Tilt Poker is one of the biggest names in online poker today.  Backed and supported by poker heavy-weights such as Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Jennifer Harmon and many more not only endorse, but also play on the site.  You really can go online and play poker with the professional players you see on TV.

Full Tilt is also famous for their bonuses, offering a 100% cash match up to $600. The poker rooms are good looking with nice avatars.  The action is at a good pace and there is a variety of different room designs.  All the popular games are spread from Hold'em to Razz. 

NEW: Full support for Mac users.  Resizeable tables.

Bodog - Click here

Bodog is a highly respected poker site, with other casino betting available too.

The card room is easy to cofigure and has many color and layout options we liked.  This is a great place to play poker.

We have not reviewed any of the other gambling portions of this web site, because that falls outside the scope of PokerXL.com.

Doyle's Room - NOW OPEN TO PLAYERS FROM USA

Doyle's Room is a fairly new poker site opened by poker legend Doyle Brunson.  Most poker sites have their own hook to interest people in the site, at Doyle's Room you actually get a chance to play with poker legends including Doyle Brunson himself.  During regular tournaments celebrities, poker pros, and Brunson sit at the tables and play with ordinary folks, often offering a significant bounty to knock them out.  Also offers a variety of less usual poker games including Badugi.

Titan Poker - INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

Titan Poker is one of the big names in online poker for for non-American players. Titan Poker‘s realistic and player-friendly software offers a wide range of tournament and ring game play, including progressive jackpot sit ‘n‘ go tournaments offering prizes as high as $100,000. Titan Poker has awarded many of its qualified players with entries to the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, and holds regularly scheduled tournaments with incredibly high prize pools.

Party Poker - INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS

Party Poker was at one time the largest online poker site in the world.  But after the law change in America they decided to pull out of the American market, and became a smaller site as a result.  But Party Poker were one of the pioneers of the online game, and if you don't live in America, they are a great site to check out.

Ultimate Bet - WARNING

Ultimate Bet have been around since 2000 but unfortunately in the last couple of years we have seen a scandal at Absolute Poker (their sister site), and now more recently a massive fraud at their main web site, triggering an $75m lawsuit.

Aparently due to a catalogue of mistakes they allowed their software to be exploited in a real life case of the "I can see other people's hole cards myth."

As a result of this, we can no longer recommend Ultimate Bet, or any related sites.

True Poker - WARNING

We used to really like this site for their innovative graphics interface, but unfortunately their woeful customer service means we can no longer recommend them.  They do not respond to support emails at all.  In fact we have written to them on five seperate occasions in the past six months with legitimate questions and concerns, and never once got a reply.  We could never recommend a site that doesn't treat its customers in a reasonable and respectful manner.