Where US players can play online poker, state by state.
Same game. Different laws, depending on your state.
Poker's for everyone, but the sites aren't, so when one doesn't take players in your state we'll tell you that instead of pointing you to a workaround.
Clubs Poker, CoinPoker and Phenom Poker all pay us when you sign up through our links. How we're paid
Not on the excluded list
Not available
Not available from Nov 1, 2026
Your pick
Excluded-state list compiled from press reports and last checked Oct 9, 2026. It's not Clubs Poker's official list. DC isn't on the map because we haven't checked it yet.
Clubs Poker
Lower stakes, and a soft pool from our own play. It runs on a sweepstakes model, and it isn't available in every state.
Lower-stakes cash games and MTTs. Fast Sweeps Coin redemptions. An excellent support team.
As publicly reported, players purchase Gold Coins and get Sweeps Coins as a bonus, and only Sweeps Coins can be redeemed once you pass the site's redemption minimum. No purchase necessary.
A real-money crypto poker room, with a casino and sportsbook on the same account. Its own terms list the United States as a restricted territory.
CoinPoker's current Terms and Conditions list the United States as a restricted territory. They say users there may not register, access or use the platform, and that accounts and balances may be blocked, voided or withheld. Our affiliate manager told us verbally that US players are accepted; we hold nothing in writing. Read the terms and decide for yourself.
A real-money crypto poker room with Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, Draw and mixed games, as published Oct 11, 2026. Its terms don't say whether the US is accepted.
Phenom Poker's terms don't name the US or publish a restricted list, and we found no official page confirming US availability. Its affiliate manager told us verbally that every state is open; we hold nothing in writing. Read its terms and check the country list at registration.
Phenom Poker pays us if you sign up through this link. 21+. Play responsibly. T&Cs apply. How we're paid
Where Clubs Poker doesn't take players
Clubs Poker doesn't take players in these 12 states: California, Connecticut, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia.
Oklahoma. Clubs Poker stops taking Oklahoma players on Nov 1, 2026. We don't link it for Oklahoma now, so you aren't sent to a site that shuts you out.
This list comes from press reports, not from Clubs Poker, and Clubs Poker hasn't confirmed it to us. Last checked . Read Clubs Poker's terms for your state before you play.
Verification ledger
What we've checked, how, and when. Tested items have a date. “Our play” is what we saw in our own sessions, not a structured test, and it carries no test date. “Not tested” means we haven't checked it, so we don't publish it.
Verification ledger: what we have checked at each site, and how
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Clubs Poker
CoinPoker
Phenom Poker
State list
Oct 9, 2026*
Its terms list the US as restricted, as published Oct 11, 2026 (quote and sources). Its rep says otherwise, verbally†
No restricted list published and the US isn't named, as published Oct 11, 2026 (details). Its rep says every state, verbally†
Games offered
Ring games seen in the lobby, Oct 9, 2026. Tournaments: our play, no test date
Hold'em, Short Deck, PLO, PLO5, PLO6, Bomb Pot, All-In or Fold, K-Poker, as published by the site, Oct 11, 2026. Not tested
Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, Draw, mixed games, Open Face Chinese, Taiwanese, as published by the site, Oct 11, 2026. Not tested
Rake
Published by Clubs Poker, checked Oct 9, 2026 (see the tables)
Cash 5% with caps, tournaments 2%-8%, flat fee for All-In or Fold (examples), as published by the site, Oct 11, 2026. Not tested
Cash 5% stepping down to 2.5%, caps by player count (table), as published by the site, Oct 11, 2026. Not tested
Redemption / withdrawal time
Fast (our play, no test date)
"Within Minutes - 72 Hours"; its own documents also say 48 hours. Real speed, as published by the site, Oct 11, 2026. Not tested
"Instant" in a help center dated Mar 21, 2026, before its currency change. Real speed, as published by the site, Oct 11, 2026. Not tested
Written confirmation from operator
None
None. Its terms say the opposite. Rep: verbal only†
Verbal only†
* Compiled from press reports, not from the operator. Clubs Poker hasn't confirmed it to us.
† What our affiliate manager at each site told us directly. It was verbal; we hold nothing in writing. What "verbal only" means.
“As published” means it is the site's own statement on that date. We haven't tested it, and CoinPoker's and Phenom Poker's own pages conflict on some points, which their pages list.
The Thursday email
What changed at the sites we cover and in state law, with a source for every item. If nothing changed, we say so in one line. Promos only when we've read the terms and they hold up.
Some sites we link to pay us. We name which one next to the link. State lists last checked Oct 9, 2026.
: Clubs Poker takes players here.
It's a sweepstakes site, which is why it's open in most states. Lower stakes, and a soft pool from our own play.
Our state list comes from press reports, not from Clubs. Read Clubs Poker's terms for your state before you play.
