[Billman]

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Huh? The issue (at least at present) has nothing to do with the physical location, or ISP from which a user accesses an online poker site. I'm highly confident that if I were a UK customer of Party Poker, I would have no problem accessing Party Poker from a US location/ISP. Anonymizing your internet traffic is not (yet, at least) necessary.

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You would be highly wrong. Most operators have IP blocking enabled. Just like when Neteller knows you're not in the US accessing your account the poker rooms know what geographical location your IP address is assigned to.

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The real question is: Is there a way to set something like this up, preferably without having to go to the UK or Canada to do so? I don't think the photo ID thing is the real problem. Here in the US, I could (if I so chose) change my address on a driver's license to a "private mail box" at one of the local packing/shipping stores. One could do the same thing in another country--get a private mail box, and then set up a bank account associated with that "address".

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A much better, though more expensive, option is to set up an offshore corporation. For about $2000 in legal fees for setup and about $800 a year to maintain your corporation. Other than the setup fees, $800 is about what you pay in CA as a min tax on a LLC anyway so it's a wash. If you're a serious player and making a good living at this game, $2000 and $800 a year should be chump change. You then have a legal entity that is based outside of the US and you can always use your lawyer's address as your mailing address when creating accounts. Most companies that set up offshore accounts will also assist you in setting up offshore bank accounts as well.