It's been over 4 years already since the events of Black Friday forced PokerStars and Full Tilt to withdraw from the United States. Many hoped that by now online poker would have been legalised in the U.S. on a federal level but unfortunately that hasn't happened and it doesn't look like we will see legalised online poker on a national level in the U.S. anytime soon. The good news is a number of U.S. friendly bitcoin mobile poker rooms now offer anonymous poker to players anywhere in the world. We've tested quiet a few and found mBit Casino to be the best of the bunch. Here's a few reasons why... mBIT BITCOIN POKER (U.S. FRIENDLY) - (POKER NO LONGER OFFERED) Play with complete anonymity from the United States or anywhere in the world. mBit is part of the busy InstaDeal Poker Network so there's no shortage of players, which can't be said about most of the other bitcoin poker sites. Their poker client works on any iPhone, Android, iPad, Windows Phone or Windows Phone. You can play for real-money or just at the practice tables. Play at both Texas Hold'em NL and Omaha PL limit cash tables. Good selection of Sit N Go, Scheduled and freeroll tournaments to choose from.
how do i buy bitcoin? i'm tired of waiting for pokerstars to return to the u.s. so i think it's time to try something new.
That totally depends on where you live. In some cities there are bitcoin ATM's that allow you to feed dollars, pounds or euros into the machine to fund your account. Otherwise you can use one of the many online bitcoin exchanges to buy the crypto-currency using your credit card or wire transfer. The best place to get impartial advice is here https://bitcoin.org/en/getting-started
Unfortunately, the provider of mBit's poker software have pulled all of their services from bitcoin gambling sites. As a result, mBit do not currently offer any kind of mobile poker software.
i wonder if they pulled the software because mbit were allowing united states gamblers to play. maybe it was legally too dangerous.
Yes, Lucky Flop are a new mobile poker room that welcome bitcoin poker players from the United States. Their web-app is compatible with any phone or tablet, even Windows Lumia devices.
does Lucky Flop support poker tournaments also or is it just cash games? is there much poker traffic at the real money tables?
Yes Lucky Flop poker supports tournaments but unfortunately the traffic is very low. For bitcoin mobile poker we would recommend this Nitrogen poker app.