This day and age it’s hard to find an online poker site accepting U.S. players. Reason being, the United States has passed a law that American citizens are not

 aloud to transfer funds or gamble online. I figure this is because the U.S. can’t find a way to track all the transactions or have sites abide by their laws to tax money made from U.S. Players.

There are still a few sites that allow american players and Carbon Poker is one of them. Currently they make it easy for you to deposit and withdraw funds even if your from the U.S. You don’t have to worry about your money disapearing or not receiving your money. 

The most common option for U.S. Pokers Players to Deposit and Withdraw are credit card, debit card, bank wire or electronic check.

From Jan 1st to the 31st you must compete with other players and the infamous “donks” to build your bank roll for the new year. There are 25 tiers of cash prizes and a limited number of prizes are given away from each tier. The first player to hit the mark on each tier will claim the prize.

Texas Hold em is the most popular of poker games with millions of players worldwide. It uses a standard 52 card deck and a small disc, known as the dealer button. The dealer button indicates the dealer of each hand and is moved clockwise to the next player after a hand is complete. This way all players get the chance to play early or late and all players post blind bets.

The Blind Bets

The next player clockwise to the dealer button places a “small blind” which is half of the lower stake and the player to the left of the small blind places a “big blind” which is the full amount of the lower stake. After the blinds are places, the cards are dealt and the player left to the big blind starts the first round of betting.

The First Round of Betting

Since the small and big blinds are live bets the next player can either call, raise, or fold. If they call, they wager an amount equivalent to the big blind. If they raise, they wager an amount larger the big blind, or if they fold they lay down their cards and lose the chance of winning the pot.

The Second Round of Betting

The second betting round begins after the flop, where the first 3 community cards have been dealt, again starting with the player left of the big blind. The player can check, bet, raise, or fold. When someone checks that means they do not wish to bet and this is only available if there have been no previous bets this round. If a bet is made the remaining players will only have the options of calling, raising, or folding.

The Third Round of Betting

After the Turn (fourth community card) has been dealt the third betting round begins. The same rules apply as those in the second betting round.
The Fourth Round of Betting
Begins after the River (Fifth and final community card) has been dealt. Same rules apply as those in the Second and Third round of betting.
Showdown
If more than one player remains, all players must reveal their cards and the player with the best hand wins. A player can use any combination of their own cards and the community cards including 2 player cards and 3 community cards, 1 player card and 4 community cards, or all 5 community cards. If two players have the same hand the pot is split equally between the two players.

Texas Hold em Hand Rankings

1. Straight Flush: Five cards in sequence, of the same suit
2. Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same rank
3. Full House: Three cards of the same rank
4. Flush: Five cards of the same suit
5. Straight: Five cards in sequence
6. Three of a kind: Three cards of the same rank
7. Two pair: Two cards of a matching rank
8. One pair: Two cards of a matching rank
9. High card: Any hand that does not qualify under a category listed above

Home Online Poker Success Tips at Carbon Poker

Make sure that you are comfortable and stay relaxed, keeping a clear mind will benefit you greatly. It will help you stay focused and make the correct plays to take down those big stacks.

A lot of poker players tend to get bored easily and just start playing hands to keep themselves amused. If you feel yourself getting bored move your laptop in front of the T.V. and turn on a show, make sure you still keep an eye on your hand but at the same time it should alleviate most of your boredom while keeping you on top of your game, before doing so get a good grasp of the types of players at your table before you turn on the T.V.

Home Online Poker has so many more options then your traditional brick and mortar poker rooms. You can find pretty much any buy-in, any type of online poker game and some pretty nice tournament buy-ins plus don’t forget about the Sit-N-Go’s.  Limit, No-Limit, Heads up and at most poker rooms  have seven card stud, 5 card stud, Texas hold em and many others. Playing from home online poker offers so much more then traditional brick and mortar poker rooms. Take your stack to the next level and enjoy some home online poker. You wont be disappointed. I suggest playing at Carbon Poker, they offer great promotions and offer a 100% Deposit Bonus by using code CPOKERPLAYERS

The jackpot is distributed as follows: 30% to the loser of the hand, 17.5% to the winner, 17.5% to the other players at the table, 20% to reseeding the jackpot and 10% to the room.

Many online poker players have built their first bank roll competing for free cash. At Carbon Poker they have free rolls running all the time and they make it quite simple to get into the action for free. You don’t have to be a depositing player to get into this action, all you have to do is simply just sign up at Carbon Poker and start cashing in on the free benefits. Carbon Poker has free rolls running all the time in fact they have $50 online poker free rolls running every 4 hours.

Being a depositing player does have it benefits though, you earn com points when playing that can be used to buy-in to free rolls with significantly larger cash payouts. Some even ranging up to and over $50,000. Also you can cash in your comp points for Carbon Poker merchandise.

Don’t hesitate and get in on the free action. You’ve got nothing to lose they are Free Rolls. One free rolls can kick start your online poker career. Guess we will be seeing you on TV at the next WPT:)

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