The online poker industry has been changing and evolving over the past ten years and during that time there has been an explosion of poker rooms and networks. The biggest misconception by many new online poker players is that there are only a few poker rooms out there, whether they be PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Party Poker, or UB.com. There are in fact a number of very reputable poker rooms and networks out there, but not all allow U.S.-based players to play.

The online poker industry has been changing and evolving over the past ten years and during that time there has been an explosion of poker rooms and networks. The biggest misconception by many new online poker players is that there are only a few poker rooms out there, whether they be PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Party Poker, or UB.com. There are in fact a number of very reputable poker rooms and networks out there, but not all allow U.S.-based players to play.

The key factor to understand is the difference between an independent poker room (i.e. Poker Stars and PartyPoker) and a network of poker “skins” (Merge Network and iPoker).