Doyle’s Room Leaving U.S. Market - AGAIN.

I just received a fun little message from DoylesRoom.com Support earlier this evening stating that the mega-popular poker room is leaving the United States market….for a 2nd time! UGH!

After taking a few month hiatus back in 2007 and jumping ship (the first time) due to UIGEA problems, Doyle’s Room furiously jumped back onto the U.S. scene again with revamped software and a lot of great tournaments and cash games. There was much renewed hope they would be sticking around for good this time, and that it might even set a precedent for other poker rooms to follow suit.

Unfortunately, it looks the party is once again over for them as their software provider over at MicroGaming just recently announced earlier in the week that they were exiting the U.S.A. after aggressive actions being sought by the Kentucky court systems to ban online gambling in their state.

The good news is they might be coming back for a 3rd go-around - but most likely with a different software provider and a new look.

The Cake Poker Network is one of the top companies on their list as far as software goes, but also in the mix are Merge Gaming and a handful of other smaller providers. However, only time will tell folks.

The Professor will keep you updated on this interesting story as it develops.

Here’s the official press release they sent out to affiliates of the room like myself, enjoy:

DoylesRoom.com has been informed by its software provider that effective Monday November 10th, 2008; they will no longer be accepting any new players from the United States of America. Existing players from the USA will not be affected by this and will be able to continue playing; therefore, all affiliate revenue generated by these players will be honored. This measure does not affect affiliates located in the USA.

Based on the above, DoylesRoom.com has decided to continue its marketing efforts in the USA and the rest of the world, and to this end we are quickly working towards migrating to a new software platform that will support our efforts to provide security and stability to all USA players and affiliates. Once we migrate to this new platform, our retention department will contact all those new players that tried to join during this transition and help them access the account they attempted to create and by doing so, all affiliate tracking codes will be still attached to each players’ account.

Currently, we are negotiating with multiple software providers. As soon as a decision is made, we will send you another email with all the details.