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2008-10-22 07:14:53
"Legal" Online Poker in the United States at Spadeclub and ClubWPT
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Both Spadeclub (www.spadeclub.com) and Club WPT (www.clubwpt.com) promote themselves as "legal" alternatives for American players who wish to play online poker. It's not illegal to play online poker in the United States - however, you will start running into problems when you start getting into how you fund the account and how the rooms make money.
Club WPT Bonus Code --> THEKING
Spadeclub and Club WPT seem have to found a way to run online poker rooms that cater to American players by choosing to charge a monthly membership fee instead of rake. Both runs charge a monthly fee of $19.95 per month. By paying this fee, a player is awarded a certain amount of "points" per month that they can use to buy into various tournaments that pay real money. Both rooms offer at least $100,000 in real cash and tournament seats every month.
With these rooms, you can not pay more than $19.95 a month. You can't make another deposit to receive more points. The rooms don't charge rake - they sustain themselves through their monthly membership fees. For those two reasons, Spadeclub and Club WPT are able to bypass American laws that prohibit the advertising of real money online gambling rooms. Club WPT recently signed a deal with MySpace and is the subject of a weekly television show on FSN.
These two rooms are clearly designed to appeal to American players, but they both accept players from all around the world as well. The advantage of their business model is that you can't lose more than $19.95 a month, so it can be a good place for beginning players to learn the game without burning a hole in their wallets.
 Spadeclub is backed and promoted by Cardplayer.com, while Club WPT is backed and promoted by the World Poker Tour. Club WPT is the centerpiece of the World Poker Tour's online gaming business strategy now, and it will be interesting to see if they can make a successful business of it.
As mentioned, each paying member is awarded a certain amount of "points" each month. You can use these points to buy into tournaments that pay out real money or seats to major live poker tournaments. You can build up your points total by playing in smaller satellite tournaments or SNGs. Both sites have daily tournaments that award cash as well as larger weekly and monthly tournaments.
Another advantage of playing at these rooms is that you can freely use whatever payment method that you want. Many credit cards are blocked for American players trying to deposit on sites such as Pokerstars or Full Tilt Poker - at Spadeclub and Club WPT, any method of payment is fine.
Both sites offer extended trial periods if you enter a promo code when you are signing up. If you are signing up to either Spadeclub or Club WPT, make sure to enter the promo code of THEKING during the signup process to qualify for your extended trial.
Filed under: Spadeclub Promotions
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