How We Rate Poker Rooms

What gets listed, what gets ranked higher, and what commission has to do with it.

The licence check

A room either holds a valid licence for a country or it does not. That is pass or fail, so we do not score it. Unlicensed rooms are never listed as legal options for that country, whatever their reputation or the commission they would pay us.

What we score

  1. Game selection and traffic at the stakes most players actually play.
  2. Rake and rewards, measured on a standard session rather than headline numbers.
  3. Software quality on desktop and mobile.
  4. Cashier: deposit and withdrawal methods, speed and limits in local currency.
  5. Player protection tools beyond the legal minimum.

Live rooms

We build venue pages from the casino’s own published schedule and stakes, then cross-check them against tournament tour calendars and player databases. Table counts and stakes are stated as of the verification date on the page. We link to the venue’s schedule rather than copying dates that go stale.

Commission

Some operators pay us when a reader signs up through our link. It changes none of the criteria above. Rooms that pay us nothing are listed and ranked the same way, and their “Visit” button points to their homepage.