I take a look at poker community reactions to Black Friday, both locally and online.
The online poker community is in turmoil
Two days after the announcement from the US Attorney of the SDNY, the poker community is still reeling. Full Tilt and Pokerstars, the two largest online poker sites in the US, have suspended both real money play and cash withdrawals for US account holders. No official statement has been made yet from Absolute Poker or UB.com (both operating on the Cereus network), the third largest US-facing poker site...
In Tulsa, it's poker business as usual
With the pullout of PokerStars and Full Tilt from the US market, US players are left with few choices--none of them particularly attractive. UB.com (now doing business as UBPoker.eu) is still allowing US players to sit and play at their real money tables, but cashouts are restricted--so what's the point? While I don't have the Absolute Poker (now doing business from AbsolutePoker.eu) software installed to verify personally, I presume AP is conducting its operations in the same manner as UB, since they share both ownership and management. Other online poker choices include Bodog, Doyle's Room, Sportsbook Poker, Players Only, Lock Poker, Everest Poker, and a slew of smaller sites I'd never heard of before...
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