Room description

PokerKing is an online poker operator, which caters mostly to North Americans, and especially USA players. The poker room is heavily focused on the recreational players and features an attractive Loyalty program and many ongoing promotions. PokerKing is part of the reputed Winning Poker Network that is also home to AmericasCardRoom, BlackChipPoker, TruePoker, and YaPoker. The website is owned by King Enterprises N.V. and the services are licensed and regulated by the government of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

PokerKing goes beyond offering a classic selection of Texas Hold’em and Omaha tables. You can also play 7 Stud, Teen Patti, and 32 Card Draw. The operator has recently introduced 6+ Hold’em tables as well. There are pot limit, no limit, and fixed limit types of tables in 6-max, 9-max, and heads-up format. You can enjoy a decent amount of Hold’em and Omaha SNGs every day, including Turbo and Hyper Turbo ones. The tournaments lineup is also pretty impressive. You can choose from Regular, Turbo, Deepstack, and Bounty tourneys. PokerKing also runs massive online series, live events satellites, and weekly guarantees. The most notable is the Sunday $50,000 GTD tournament, which attracts a lot of casual players from the USA and Canada.

The short-handed jackpot SNGs are very popular nowadays and PokerKing does not fall behind in that regard. They offer 3-player Hyper-Turbo SNG tournaments with a random multiplier for the prize pool. Based on the draw you may get between x2 and x2,500 your buy-in up to a staggering win of $100,000.

PokerKing is dedicated to offering excellent service, fast withdrawals, and all the necessary incentives to make players enjoy the site and come back. Their customer support team is available 24/7 via e-mail, Live Chat, and phone. The Live Chat utility is easy to find and the agents respond immediately.

In addition to the poker games, PokerKing’s client also features casino and sports betting products. If you wish to find out more about the traffic, software, and PokerKing rakeback, please read our full review below.

Traffic review

Most of the players on PokerKing are North Americans, so the traffic peaks in their evenings. On NLHE the traffic is pretty good all the way up to NL200. NL400 is where it declines a lot with only a few tables running, same as with NL600. As for PLO, you will find at least 7–8 tables on PLO100, 5-6 tables on PLO200, and a few more on PLO400 and higher.

PokerKing also has a very good traffic on heads-up tables, both on NL Hold’em and PLO. In peak times you will find a few tables running on micro, low, and mid stakes, and a couple more on high stakes.

Sit ’n’ Go tournaments have a decent traffic on low and mid stakes, but you can’t find much action on the higher stakes. The multi-table tournaments are very popular and they attract a lot of recreational players, so you should definitely give them a go.

Software & trackers

The design of PokerKing’s software is simple and non-intrusive. It has a very classic look and navigation with all the modern additions and functionality. The games are listed in a 3-layer menu and you can arrange them further using the extra filters. The software has proven to be very reliable in terms of performance and speed. You can multi-table without fear of glitches and delays. The client also supports HUDs such as Hold’em Manager and Poker Tracker.

Poker King’s software has been certified as completely fair and secure. The random number generator (RNG) used to shuffle the cards holds a certification from the independent testing laboratory iTech labs. According to their evaluation, the software is completely unpredictable and generates statistically random outcomes. The full results of the tests are available on PokerKing’s website.

Rake structure

PokerKing charges rake based on the weighted contributed system. The rake on No limit and Pot limit tables is 5%, capped at a maximum of $3. On fixed limit, the rake is between 1% and 4.5% up to a maximum of 3%.

Rakeback & bonuses

PokerKing has a fantastic welcome package designed to fit all types of players – from the recreational ones to the poker pros. You receive a match bonus on your first deposit up to $770 and depending on the amount of your first deposit you also get a different cash bonus. Naturally, the more you deposit, the bigger the cash bonus. You can see the different welcome packages below:

You will get the match bonus immediately on your first deposit. As for the cash bonus, you will have to contact PokerKing’s customer service team to claim it. You have 7 days to do that and you can only receive it if you haven’t requested a withdrawal yet.

The deposit bonus is released in increments of $2 every time you earn 135 Status Points and it is valid for 90 days following its activation. The cash bonus has a withdrawal restriction. You need to earn 7 times the amount of the bonus in Status Points before you can request a withdrawal. For example, if you received a $10 cash bonus, you will need to earn 70 Status Points before you can cash out the bonus amount and any winnings.
New depositors at PokerKing also receive an entry into the $250 New Depositors Freeroll, which takes place every Saturday at 16:05 GMT.

Loyal customers at PokerKing can also enjoy rakeback of up to 40% as part of the Royal Club. PokerKing’s loyalty scheme has a standard tier-based structure with 5 different loyalty levels. As you progress to a higher level, you also start earning Royalty points at an increased rate. Players who reach the Platinum and Royal levels are entitled to a one-time bonus of $25 for Platinum and $50 for Royal.