Poker Bonus Chasing for Americans
Poker Bonus Chasing for American poker players got a lot tougher this week. On Wednesday Neteller, bowing to pressure from the US government, stopped allowing transfers between Neteller and online gambling sites for their American customers. Being the only universally accepted payment method available to Americans, this was a fairly heavy blow to poker bonus chasers. If you chase the bonus, then bankroll agility is a must. Neteller was the one-stop shop for American bankroll agility, and now it is gone.
We have been working on some alternatives, but none of them are yet a panacea. The situation is fluid. MyCitadel also announced yesterday that they would stop service to Americans. Moneybookers and Firepay had announced this some time ago. Poker Stars announced that Central Coin was no longer going to be one of their options - still waiting to find out why that might be. I personally have a bunch of money at bodog and UB, so I am not sweating the poker situation. Sports betting is another animal altogether.
I suspect that wherever Poker Stars goes, others will follow. Whatever online cashiering vehicle Poker Stars promotes as their recommended plan to Americans will rise to the top of the heap and be the online cashiering leader. We should know within a few weeks what that might be. If I was Lee Jones, I'd be wheeling and dealing for the best terms.
I had a fantastic week at the tables. I was positively destroying the Bodog SNGs this week, and I played a $10/20 game at UB and walked off with 20 BB from there as well. I don't normally play $10/20 but when the view flop percentage says 54%, I gotta sit down. 
. I am up about $800 for the week. Not bad for an old hack like me.