{"id":12776,"date":"2018-08-28T21:28:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T21:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=12776"},"modified":"2018-08-29T22:57:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T22:57:54","slug":"it-is-getting-easier-to-be-an-online-poker-pro-in-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/it-is-getting-easier-to-be-an-online-poker-pro-in-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"It Is Getting Easier To Be An Online Poker Pro In The USA"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Black Friday<\/strong>, April 15, 2011, the profession of being an online poker player in the U.S. virtually ceased to exist.<\/p>\n Hundreds, if not thousands of players who made their living online were suddenly faced with some brutal choices: play in the black market; move overseas; switch to playing live; or give up poker and get a real job.<\/p>\n The poker exodus saw players move to Mexico<\/strong> and Canada<\/strong>, often commuting back to their families at weekends. Some even moved to exotic and largely unregulated locales such as Argentina<\/strong>, Tunisia<\/strong>, Malta<\/strong> and the Lebanon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Seven years on, and it\u2019s finally OK to be an online poker pro in the US again<\/strong>\u2014and it\u2019s about to get easier.<\/p>\n At 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, Nevada<\/strong>-based Ultimate Poker<\/strong> dealt the first legally regulated hand of online poker played in the US since Black Friday. Sadly Ultimate Poker didn\u2019t make it, but online poker continued in the hands of WSOP.com<\/strong> and its platform provider 888<\/strong>.<\/p>\n By the end of November 2013, Delaware<\/strong> and New Jersey<\/strong> had passed their own new laws and it looked like online poker would soon sweep the country once again.<\/p>\n Well, that didn\u2019t happen. Delaware\u2019s laws were a bust, providing zero incentive for the three licensed racino operators to market the game. Other states failed to get the necessary legislative votes, leaving New Jersey as the only state with a large enough population to support a vibrant online poker community.<\/p>\n March 21, 2016 even saw PokerStars<\/strong> launch in New Jersey after it finally secured regulatory approval and a casino partner.<\/p>\n Hot competition between WSOP<\/strong>, 888, PartyPoker<\/strong>, Borgata Poker<\/strong> and PokerStars kept the New Jersey online poker dream alive. And kept at least one market where it was still possible to make a living online<\/strong> from the great American game.]\n New Players Get A Free Bonus At WSOP.com NJ<\/p>\n<\/div>\nNew Jersey to the rescue<\/span><\/h2>\n
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