Doyle’s Room Welcomes Back U.S. Players

Starting October 19, DoylesRoom.com will re-open its doors to U.S. players.   

On February 19, 2007, Doyle’s Room abruptly stopped accepting players from the United States and on March 1, the poker room barred all existing U.S. customers from its tables altogether.  This had followed shortly on the heels of the announcement from Tribeca Tables, the network which Doyle’s Room was on, would stop accepting U.S. players.  Tribeca had been purchased by Playtech, owner of the iPoker network, and was preparing to be officially folded into iPoker, a U.S. unfriendly network.  The surprise surrounding the announcement by Tribeca and Doyle’s Room was that the banning of Americans was not expected so soon. 

It had been rumored for some time that Doyle’s Room was working on a new network so that it could continue to accept U.S. players once Tribeca merged into iPoker.  This did not happen.  Instead, Doyle’s Room forged a deal with Full Tilt Poker, allowing Doyle’s Room customers to transfer their accounts, complete with balances and loyalty points, over to Full Tilt.  Thus, Doyle’s Room still moved to iPoker, but without it’s American customers.

Then, in mid-April, Doyle’s Room moved to the Microgaming Network, where it still resides today.  The Microgaming Network does allow Americans, but curiously, Doyle’s Room continued with the ban (some Microgaming rooms also chose not to allow U.S. residents to play for real money) until now. 

Past Doyle’s Room customers who moved to Full Tilt will be able to have their old accounts reinstated.