Merge Poker Network

**Update** The Merge Poker Network has started to accept new American customers again after a brief period of time.  The planned stoppage to help the network to cope with the overwhelming new traffic after Black Friday.
    Now that the Merge Poker network is back, it is back to being the largest online poker network that accepts American poker players.  Many of the players on the network are Americans and have accounts at Poker Host, Carbon Poker and Aced Poker.  There are many more poker rooms in the network, but those are the top four poker rooms in the network.
    Some poker rooms accept Americans while others are currently not accepting new poker players from the USA.  If you live in the United States, your best option would be to get 150% bonus up to $750 at Poker Host.  Players outside the United States can open an account at the Players Only poker room and get a 100% poker bonus up to $650.

Merge Poker Promotions

The size of the poker bonus varies depending on the poker room that you have signed up at.  Carbon Poker and Aced Poker have a $650 bonus while Poker Host has a $750 new player bonus.  The bonus can be earned by playing in real money tournaments or real money ring games.  For most poker rooms on the network $1 will be paid for every 75 points.

Merge Network Freerolls

The members of the Merge Network have a good amount of free poker tournaments for their players.  $100 freerolls run every 3 hours and are open to anybody who registers an account.  There is a $500 daily initial depositors freeroll, available to any online poker player making there first deposit (you'll get 7 days to take advantage of the initial depositors freerolls).

Poker Tables

Texas Holdem ring games start at $.02/.04, but there is few tables available at these stakes, so most of the action will start at the $.10/.25 stakes and $.10/.25 stakes.  The competition is soft and the action is decent at these stakes.  The traffic at the Texas Holdem ring games slows down quickly as the stakes go up, but the competition is generally bad at even the high stakes poker tables.

Poker Tournaments

There is a large amount of low stake tourneys and a few mid stake tournaments available, but not a lot of traffic unless there is a guaranteed prize pool.  The Merge network has poker tournaments that are great for the low stake tournament players who don't want to spend all night finishing a poker tournament.