Carbon Poker Set to Return to USA Market

While most of the Merge Network has remained available in the United States, one of the biggest poker rooms on the network – Carbon Poker – announced earlier this year that they would be temporarily leaving the United States market while they dealt with a variety of customer service and payout issues. Now, Carbon Poker is coming back to the USA market, and plans to open its doors to American players again by the end of August.

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The Merge Network was one of the larger poker networks that stuck with the US market after the events of Black Friday, when PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the Cereus Network were targeted by the US Government and essentially forced out of the USA market.

The result was that several other poker rooms and networks began picking up a significant number of American players who were looking for new places to play online poker. Merge Poker Network was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the change, with the largest gains being made by popular rooms such as Carbon Poker and Lock Poker.

However, the influx of players came with some unanticipated difficulties. Carbon Poker in particular found it hard to service their suddenly expanded player base. As a reaction, Carbon Poker announced they would temporarily stop servicing USA players in order to better prepare to service those players. It would seem that these concerns have been met, as Carbon Poker is expected to reopen to Americans sometime in the next two weeks.

For American players, the number of options available has become somewhat limited, though this situation may change in the near future. Momentum appears to be building rapidly for a federal solution to online poker, leading many to believe that an online poker regulation bill could be a reality in the United States by the end of the year. Conversely, Bodog has announced that they will leave the USA market at the end of 2011, as they plan to focus more on their worldwide operations.