ThwartPoker recently released a skill-based version of Texas hold'em, which it touts as the first completely legal online poker game in the US.

The online poker provider enlisted Game Trust to provide its tournament-enabled online gaming platform for the new "Poker Blitz." The skill-based "Poker Blitz" will allow 4 players per table compete against each other for cash and prizes, valuing at up to $1,000 per game.

ThwartPoker has dodged online poker's murky legal status by removing all of the elements of chance from the original game. In Poker Blitz, players choose their own cards;thus, they entirely control the outcome of the game. In this version, players are blocked from the game if they select cards that were also chosen by another player in the present or previous round.

Games of chance are considered gambling, while games of skill are not.