Top Online Poker Sites for US Players

If you are an American online poker player in 2010, the times are good. See below for the top online poker sites, which also happen to be the easiest to beat. The Moneymaker poker boom happened a handful of years ago now, and there are many trusted and reputable poker sites that you can call home.

Choosing the best American poker sites

Amongst the top online poker sites, how do you choose which one to call home ? Well firstly, difficulty of competition should me of primordial importance. In our list above, the fish factor is very high (except of course the highest stakes at Full Tilt Poker). However, this is not entirely true….Maybe you should read this page about one of the biggest donators on Full Tilt. His online handle used to be patatino. Anyways, in order of importance, our fishiness rankings are as follows:

• Ultimate Bet

Ultimate Bet is a very easy poker site, and the competition doesn’t have much to show for itself. Whether it be the tournaments, the cash games, the sit and gos, all are easily beatable and don’t offer much of a challenge for the advanced poker player. However, since supposedly your main goal is to make money at the tables, this lack of a challenge will most certainly be welcome. What’s great about UB is the blazing fast deal of cards which makes the software ideal for professional poker players. For the software alone, UB.com is our favorite site over here at TOPS. Just try playing at Ultimate Bet for 10 days and come back to the atrocious software at Pokerstars. You’ll be back at UB in no time. UB is special in that a lot of players get attached to it, and won’t play anywhere else. Just ask Greenplastic, or Taylor Caby from Cardrunners fame. Although he’s now very famous and a Full Tilt Red Pro, he had most of his success dominating the table games over at Ultimate Bet. Yes, UB is really one of the best & most famous poker sites.

• Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker is our favorite poker site here at TOPS. We especially like it because it is a window into Phil Ivey’s game style. You can easily log thousands of hands that he’s played into a recording database such as Pokertracker or the like. This will give you a glimpse into his thought processes, but obviously no amount of hands can be substanstive enough to completly grasp his poker strategies.
We also love the software because it’s fun. Although it’s slightly more graphic intensive than UB, you can choose avatars and most of the illustrations are humorous and well thought out. Personally our favorite avatar is the panda which seems to attract good luck.
Finally, if you are micro or small stakes player, then you will find the games to be quite easy. Most players never joined an online training site or took any formal training in the game. You will be at a distinct advantage. However, keep in mind that the Full Tilt middle and high stakes are an entirely different ballgame. These stakes are where some of the best players in the worl play, so we would discourage you to try those. We would recommend Absolute or UB for these stakes.

• Absolute Poker

At this particular poker site, the level of competition is extremely poor accross all stakes. Unlike Full Tilt Poker, we recommend that you try out the mid to high stakes over there.

US players have nothing but the best poker rooms to choose from

Poker is great, and can be an extremely lucrative adventure if you play your cards well. Based on the information written above, which top online poker site will you call home ? Where will you start your poker career.