With the popularity of online poker, new poker sites are cropping up all the time. What new poker sites should you be checking out in 2006?

One hot new poker site is www.bodog.com. Bodog is a well established sports book that has moved into the online poker arena. Bodog has been geared to the younger, modern poker player and if you are one of these, you might want to give Bodog a shot. Bodog is affiliated with Cardplayer.com and was a sponsor of the Cardplayer.com Player of the Year awards. The site has an attractive look and features all the games that you love, from Texas Hold`em, Limit and No Limit, to Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo and Seven Card Stud. They of course also feature tournaments of varying buy-ins. Bodog offers player points and multi table action. As with any new site, Bodog does not have as much traffic as the more established online poker sites, but that promises to change as Bodog appears to have a real investment in staking a claim in the online poker world.

You might consider looking into www.doylesroom.com. As you might guess from the title, Doyles Room is sponsored by poker legend Doyle Brunson, along with world famous poker pro Mike Caro. As such, it is likely to be secure and generate good traffic, with Doyles good name luring poker players of all types to the site. As with most new sites, the graphic interface is attractive, with clear icons for cards and chips and the option for you to choose your own avatar. Doyles site has the usual variety of games, Hold`em, Stud, Omaha and also is one of the few sites to offer a four card low draw poker game called Badugi. Doyles Room offers cash games and tournaments and awards redeemable player points for continued play.

Unfortunately, one site you wont be able to check out if you live in the United States is www.wptonline.com. This site is sponsored by the World Poker Tour, the organization which has done so much for the popularity of poker in recent years. Due to laws in most of the United States prohibiting profiting from poker, the World Poker Tour has not made this site available to United States players. Poker lobbying websites, such as www.pokerplayersalliance.org and www.keeppokerlegal.net are attempting to push lawmakers to reconsider their position on the legality of poker given the popularity of the game in the United States today, so we may see this website opened up to U.S. players in the future. In the meantime though, its strictly open to non-U.S. poker fans.

Most new poker sites will offer you bonuses as an incentive to get started. You can usually find one on an advertisement for the site, or along with a link to the site from another poker related website. Take advantage of these to try out the new site, get a feel for it and see if its for you. Theres nothing stopping you from playing at a number of sites until you find one that you really like. These sites are fighting for your business and you should patronize the one that you feel caters to your needs the most.