US Online Poker Players Play

When the new US law targeting the financial transactions of online poker players went into affect, many online poker rooms began to bail out of the US market, giving up the ghost and moving on to greener pastures. Some online rooms, such as Full Tilt Poker and Poker Stars, were better able to stick around and let US players play, thanks to their status as privately held companies, and they saw good turnouts over the weekend for online tournaments. Poker Star's Sunday Million event saw more than six thousand online players, putting together a prize pool topping $1.2 million, and Full Tilt saw massive attendance as well. Ultimate Bet, which was recently sold to a private company, lost a few numbers but still held strong.