Online Poker
The major online poker sites offer varying features to entice new players. One common feature is to offer tournaments called satellites by which the winners gain entry to real-life poker tournaments. It was through one such tournament that Chris Moneymaker made online poker news by winning his entry to the 2003 World Series of Poker. He went on to win the main event causing shock in the poker world. The 2004 World Series featured triple the number of players over the 2003 turnout. At least four players in the WSOP final table won their entry through an online cardroom. Like Moneymaker, 2004 winner Greg “Fossilman” Raymer also won his entry at the PokerStars online cardroom.
| Poker Site | USA | Bonus | Software | No Deposit Bonus | Bonus Codes* |
| Bovada Poker | Yes | $1100 | Proprietary | $0 | |
| Americas Cardroom | Yes | $1000 | Proprietary | $0 | |
| Luvin Poker | Yes | $1000 | Proprietary | $0 | |
| BetOnline | Yes | $900 | Proprietary | $0 | |
| PKR | No | $800 | Proprietary | $0 | PKRMAX |
| Cake Poker | Yes | $600 | Proprietary | $0 | CPB500 |
| PokerStars | No | $600 | Proprietary | $0 | HPCMAX50 |
| Party Poker | No | $500 | Party Gaming | $0 | HPCMAX |
| 888 Poker | No | $400 | Proprietary | $8 |
