You may have noticed ads at the top of PocketFives for FaceUp Gaming, which happily takes U.S. users from 36 states. FaceUp Gaming isn’t a rake-based site. Instead, you can take advantage of the site’s monthly subscription, which runs an affordable $24.95 per month. There’s also a completely free sign-up option if you’d rather not spend any cash, as well as a two-week free trial.

Don’t miss the FaceUp Gaming $5,000 freeroll this Sunday at 3:00pm. USA players are welcome.

FaceUp Gaming has its very own Official Support and Promotions Threadon PocketFives where its liaison, Mike, will field any questions, concerns, or suggestions you have. We’ll let Mike describe the allure of playing at FaceUp Gaming: “We have a complete social gaming experience. You can now play poker games online the way they were intended to be played, all thanks to FaceUp Gaming’s visual internet technology. We are the first and only online interactive subscription-based gaming site where players can see, hear, and talk to each other and play and compete for cash and prizes.”

We’re big fans of FaceUp’s promotions. FaceUp Gaming offers a variety of prizes every month, many of which are related to poker. For example, the room is in the midst of giving away a Card Player Cruises vacation for two onboard the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Oasis of the Seas.

Players who win a Card Player Cruises prize package will not only get to visit ports of call like Labordee, Haiti, Falmouth, Jamaica, and Cozumel over the course of a seven-day journey, but they’ll also receive a three-hour onboard poker seminar with former World Series of Poker Main Event champion and FaceUp pro Tom McEvoy. There’s also a welcome party, gifts, and a $1,000 freeroll for FaceUp Gaming members.

FaceUp Gaming is also giving away trips to the Aruba Poker Open to U.S. players on this subscription-based site. The finale takes place on May 31st at 9:00pm ET and the four prize packages up for grabs include six nights at the Radisson Resort and Casino, a $600 airfare allowance, $1,000 in tournament vouchers, access to a welcome cocktail party, a welcome gift, a farewell cocktail party, and poker workshops with McEvoy.

For those American players looking for a last-ditch way to get into the upcoming World Series of Poker, FaceUp Gaming is dishing out $20,000 in tournament vouchers. First place in a special World Series of Poker Seat Voucher Tournament gets a $10,000 voucher, which you could use for the Main Event, second place gets a $2,500 seat voucher, third place gets a $1,500 seat voucher, and fourth place gets a $1,000 seat voucher. You decide how to allocate your tournament voucher’s value, as it does not have to be used in one tournament.

Finally, you can jump-start your bankroll this weekend with a $5,000 Cash Tournament on Sunday, May 20th. First place gets $1,500 and the top 70 places finish in the money. There’s no buy-in for this tournament and anyone with a Gold FaceUp Gaming account is welcome to play. You can get started here.

Besides providing unique prizes, FaceUp Gaming is all about giving its members a convenient way to interact with one another. Mike explained, “FaceUp Gaming was founded by two regular guys who loved playing poker online, but were mad and upset about not being able to see, talk, and listen to their opponents during the game. The proverbial poker face was missing; hence, they spent the last three years holed up while developing a brand new experience called FaceUp.”

Check out what all the fuss is about by visiting FaceUp Gaming’s website. Note that FaceUp does not take players from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, or Washington.