sportsbook-playaces

why was this site being highlighted on the homepage as U.S. friendly site now all of a sudden removed. they being eyeballed recently.

Sportsbook.com, PlayersOnly, and Superbook to Leave American Market « Poker Blogs

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So can i feel safe playing real $ here or should i hold off to see if they're also indited. what sites if any can we U.S. players feel safe playing on?

I'm not really sure if I'd feel confident that ANY of them will stay in the market.
Hell, it was leaked today that merge will be ending their rakeback deal on June 1. Hopefully that means only for new accounts, but IMO it's not a good sign.

This site and network has always been good to me. RB+bonus = win

I'd get in on some rakeback while they still offer it. Looks like nearly all the migrating US players will end up on the merge network. The other option is what, Bodog?

When Party first pulled out of the US market, Fulltilt went from quite a small site to one of the largest. I suspect the Merge network will benefit in much the same way. Except back then, the US migrating traffic was split between Stars and FTP. Now there's really just one option for where to go.

If Sportsbook - Playaces is on the Merge Network, do they not accept US players? And would the same not apply to Sbgglobal - Pokerhost since they are also on Merge? Or is US support provided by each individual skin which uses the Merge software?
I am not a US player but am looking for a sportsbook and poker room combined. With all the problems facing US players, would I be better off looking for a non-US site (provided it has a Mac download version)?

Okay so I was on the Merge skin Playersonly (aka Playaces?). They just emailed me yesterday:

Hey Matthew,

As a valued and respected customer of PlayersOnly.com, it is with great excitement, we have some extraordinary news for our non-US resident customers.

From tomorrow (September 28th, 2011) your Playersonly.com account shall be moved to our all new and exciting Sportsbook and Casino.

You will enjoy more betting options on your favourite US sports combined with a host of other global sports to choose from too! Not only that, you will notice a lot more betting options and amazing lines to go with it.

If that wasn’t good enough why not visit our new and improved casino. With lots more games to enjoy, we are sure you will enjoy the experience. Don’t forget to watch out for our amazing casino promotions over the coming weeks.

While we were changing our software, we have decided to change our name too! Playersonly.com will now become Sportsbook.com!

Not ONE mention of poker anywhere in the email, or on this new website. Looks like the only thing "poker" on there is a news page about the November 9 (and probably betting odds on it...).

Did they just scrap poker all together? I'm also not pleased with them converting my balance into Euros.

thy converted u 2 euros? tts odd playaces and lock are both merge network and both r casino/poker. i just play poker on both. my ? is their recent announcment reopening to U.S. then had a freind try to DL and said closed to U.S. players. did they revert back?

yeah i think they got rid of poker all together.

Most recent word on the street is a rumor that American players will remain on the merge platform, but non-US residents will have their own poker room or be on a different network (I heard ipoker) in a few weeks/months.