Poker on the Winning Poker Network, with cash games, tournament series and a choice of reward arrangements subject to account eligibility.
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This map shows where Black Chip’s terms accept poker players: every state except Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey and Washington. That isn’t legality: Black Chip holds no US state licence.
"Black Chip is the Winning Poker Network under a second brand: the same operator, the same Anjouan licence on the register, the same tables, the same $2,000 welcome bonus and the same Elite Benefits rates as ACR. It differs in the details: Windows and Mac clients but a less clear route to poker on a phone, crypto payouts capped at $10,000, and no withdrawal of anything, casino or sports winnings included, until your poker rake reaches 10% of what you’ve deposited."
— Owner and Editor in Chief
Our editorial assessment of documented features, terms and player protections. Each category is scored out of 10; the overall score is its weighted average. These ratings do not represent measured payout times or support-response tests.
20% of the overall score
Email confirmation for cashouts is a worthwhile safeguard: a withdrawal needs a fresh code as well as access to the account. Keeping that email secure therefore matters. The broader protection is less reassuring, with offshore terms rather than US state oversight. Account-security features deserve credit, but they don't settle a dispute over withheld funds.
18% of the overall score
The cashout rule is the catch here: poker rake or tournament fees must reach 10% of cumulative deposits before any funds can be withdrawn. Casino and sports play don't count. Crypto avoids the long delivery window of a mailed cheque, but a quicker payment method doesn't get around that eligibility condition.
14% of the overall score
Elite Benefits rewards regular poker play with points that can buy cash bonuses. The choice needs thought, though: it is separate from rakeback, and its points can’t also clear a deposit bonus. The welcome bonus releases about 13¢ per $1 of small-stakes cash rake, because rake that feeds The Beast doesn’t count, so the full $2,000 needs about $15,000 of rake. An occasional player should compare what their usual volume earns before treating the top rewards as relevant.
13% of the overall score
Poker is the reason to consider Black Chip, particularly the tournament range. Hold'em and Omaha bounty events sit alongside lower-buy-in Sunday options, giving different budgets something to compare. The casino and sportsbook broaden the menu, but the tournament schedule is the stronger draw for someone choosing where to spend a poker evening.
12% of the overall score
The download page makes Windows and Mac poker straightforward to find. Its no-download invitation, however, specifically covers casino and sports, leaving the route to phone poker much less clear. That is an awkward first impression for a poker brand. A player choosing primarily for mobile access needs a clearer answer before committing.
11% of the overall score
A contact form lets you send an account-specific question, and a virtual assistant offers a starting point for general help. Security and payment instructions are also available separately. The limitation is knowing when a person will pick up a problem: the public contact page doesn't give a response target to plan around.
7% of the overall score
Visa deposits carry a 10% fee, which makes a familiar payment method expensive before a hand is played. Cheques offer an alternative on the way out, but the free mailed option can take up to eight weeks; courier delivery costs $55. Crypto looks more practical if you're comfortable with it, though method availability still depends on location.
5% of the overall score
The payment table makes funding the account look fairly simple, but the terms contain the condition that matters most when leaving. Ten percent in poker rake means fees generated, not merely betting ten percent of a deposit. That distinction should be much closer to the cashier information, especially for anyone using the casino or sportsbook.
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The welcome bonus priced against the rake it takes to release, and the network’s series and leaderboards as Black Chip publishes them, checked 9 November 2026.
Black Chip’s own bonus page says you earn 5.5 Award Points per $1 of rake or tournament fees, and the bonus pays $1 per 27.5 points: 20¢ per $1 on paper. But rake that feeds the weekly leaderboard races doesn’t count, and at small stakes The Beast takes 2¢ of every 6¢ of cash-game rake. So each $1 releases about 13¢.
At small-stakes cash games that is $250 of rake a day for 60 days. Tournament fees count in full ($10,000 for the full bonus); sit-and-go and Spinz fees lose 25¢ per $1 to Sit & Crush ($13,333).
A player paying $25 of small-stakes rake a day releases about $200 of bonus in 60 days; $100 a day releases about $800. Whatever is still locked after 60 days is lost, so the useful match is what your volume will clear.
Black Chip says The Beast costs nothing extra “because we’re taking it from the rake”: in its own example, 24¢ of a $3 rake goes to the race. That share is exactly the part that doesn’t release your bonus.
| Where your rake comes from | Bonus per $1 of rake | Rake for the full $2,000 | A day, over 60 days | Taken by races |
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| Cash games, pots raking under 72¢ | 13.3¢ | $15,000 | $250 | 2¢ of every 6¢ |
| Cash games at the $3 rake cap | 18.4¢ | $10,870 | $181 | 24¢ a hand |
| Tournament fees | 20¢ | $10,000 | $167 | None |
| Sit-and-go and Spinz fees | 15¢ | $13,333 | $222 | 25¢ per $1 |
Worked out from Black Chip’s welcome-bonus and “Getting a Bonus” pages (5.5 Award Points per $1 of rake or tournament fees) and the network’s race-fee rules, read 9 November 2026. Blitz rake feeds a separate Blitz Beast race whose share isn’t published.
| Series or race | What Black Chip Poker publishes |
|---|---|
| Online Super Series | 8 to 24 November 2026, $20 million guaranteed across a day series and an evening series. Its $109 Moneymaker Mystery PKO guarantees $1 million, with a top mystery bounty of up to $100,000. |
| The Venom | The October 2026 edition ran two progressive-knockout Venoms from 4 to 21 October: $5 million guaranteed in hold’em ($2,650 buy-in) and $1.5 million in Omaha. |
| The Beast | A weekly cash-game leaderboard from Saturday 00:00 to Friday 23:59 ET, paid by the end of Monday; 1 point for every 2¢ of rake you feed it. Every cash table counts. |
| Sit & Crush | A weekly leaderboard for sit-and-gos, funded by 25¢ of every $1 in fees; some players also win a $90+5 ticket to a Sunday tournament. |
| Refer a friend | “The Side Hustle”: $50 in cash for your first qualified referral, then $60, $65 and $70 a referral at each milestone, and $125 each after 100. A friend qualifies by depositing $25 and generating $25 in rake. |
| Cryptomines | A one-time crypto offer: 50 free spins (25¢ each, on Golden Mines in the casino) for every $25 deposited, up to 200 spins at $100, with code CRYPTOMINES100. The spins are added after you contact support. |
Guarantees change from series to series; check Black Chip’s promotions pages for the current schedule.
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Elite Benefits levels and point rates from Black Chip’s own pages, checked 9 November 2026, priced by the rake you pay.
Elite pays back about 12–14% of your rake as a Player, 15–16% as a Rounder, 19% as a Grinder and 23% as a Veteran, yearly achievement rewards included. Only at Legend, from about $1,515 of rake a month, does it reach 34–45% and beat the 27% rakeback deals that affiliates offer.
The rakeback rates in other reviews come from affiliate deals. Black Chip’s own pages give no rate; they bar rakeback players from Elite Benefits and allow a one-time conversion.
Black Chip’s Player, Rounder, Grinder, Veteran, Legend and Icon levels match ACR’s six ranks point for point, with the same multipliers and yearly rewards. One small difference: Legend and Icon status is guaranteed until February, against 1 March on ACR.
Higher levels unlock larger cash rewards: $50 from Rounder, $300 from Grinder, $600 from Veteran and $4,000 from Legend. On ACR’s published prices those work out at up to 60% more cash per point than the smallest exchange.
| Level | Rake to reach it | What it pays back |
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| Player | Default | 1 Player Point per Benefit Point. About 5.5% of rake back in points, 12–14% with yearly achievement rewards. |
| Rounder | $136 a month | 1.5 points per Benefit Point; $50 cash reward unlocked. About 9% in points, 15–16% with achievement rewards. |
| Grinder | $545 a month | 2 points; $300 cash reward unlocked. About 13% in points, 19% with achievement rewards. |
| Veteran | $1,364 a month | 2.5 points; $600 cash reward unlocked. About 16.5% in points, 23% with achievement rewards. |
| Legend | $18,182 a year | 3.5 points; $1,500 and $4,000 cash rewards and Legendary bonuses. About 31% in points, 34–45% with yearly rewards and bonuses. |
| Icon | $181,818 a year | 5 points; $10,000 cash reward unlocked. About 44% in points, about 65% with yearly rewards and bonuses. |
Figures assume the same rake every month, all year; Legend and Icon go by yearly points, and a first year spent climbing pays less. Black Chip lists its cash rewards ($50, $300, $600, $1,500, $4,000, $10,000) but not their point prices, so the payback uses the prices ACR publishes for the same network programme. Benefit Points: 5.5 per $1 of rake you contribute or tournament fees you pay.
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Compare the scores and features below, then read each review for the terms and trade-offs behind the assessment.
| Casino | Score | Safety | Withdrawals | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Chip Poker ★ | 7.3 | 6.2 | 7.6 | Poker |
| Super Slots Casino | 6.1 | 0.0 | 8.0 | Slots + Blackjack |
| ACR Poker | 7.6 | 6.2 | 7.8 | Poker |
| BetOnline | 6.3 | 0.0 | 8.0 | Poker + Sports |
| Wild Casino | 6.2 | 0.0 | 8.0 | Blackjack + Video Poker + Slots |
Use the comparisons below to decide whether Black Chip Poker fits your games, budget, and location.
Both sites’ own terms compared line by line, checked 9 November 2026.
Black Chip and ACR share the Winning Poker Network’s players, the same operator and licence, the same $2,000 welcome bonus and referral programme, and identical Elite Benefits rates. Choosing between them changes neither your opponents nor your rakeback.
ACR pays crypto up to $25,000 to established accounts; Black Chip caps crypto payouts at $10,000. On phones, ACR names its web app and the games it runs; Black Chip’s download page sends phones to its own web app without saying which poker games run there.
| Item | Black Chip Poker | ACR Poker | Same? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Players and tables | Winning Poker Network | Winning Poker Network | Same |
| Operator | International Processing Services SA | International Processing Services SA | Same |
| Licence | Anjouan ALSI-202607066-FI2 | Anjouan ALSI-202607066-FI2 | Same |
| Welcome bonus | 100% up to $2,000; $1 per 27.5 Award Points; 60 days | The same | Same |
| Award Point rate | 5.5 per $1 of rake or fees, stated | Not stated on its pages | Black Chip clearer |
| Refer a friend | The Side Hustle: $50 first referral, up to $125 | The same | Same |
| Rewards | Player to Icon; top status until February | Lieutenant to 5-Star General; top status until 1 March | Same rates |
| Cash reward prices | Amounts listed, points prices not | Points prices published | ACR clearer |
| Rakeback rate | Not published; rakeback players barred from Elite | The same | Same |
| Crypto payouts | $50 to $10,000; one a day, five a week | $50 to $10,000, or $25,000 for established accounts | Differs |
| Cash pickup payouts | $100–$350; $60–$70 fees; one a week | The same | Same |
| Luxon Pay | Not for US players | Listed without that note | Differs |
| Mobile poker | Phones are sent to the play.blackchippoker.eu web app; its poker games aren’t listed | The app.acrpoker.eu web app | ACR clearer |
| Restricted US states | WA, KY, MD, NJ, DE, NV, LA, MS, MI | The same nine | Same |
| Support email | Its contact page gives support@acrpoker.eu | support@acrpoker.eu | Same inbox |
Both sites can change their terms at any time; check the cashier for the limits on your own account.
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Operator, licensing, and game-integrity information to consider before playing.
What other reviews ranking for Black Chip Poker say, against what Black Chip publishes. Checked 9 November 2026.
| Fact | Other reviews say | Black Chip Poker’s own pages say |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome bonus | 100% up to $1,000; or 200% up to $1,000 in crypto. | 100% up to $2,000, from a $25 first deposit. |
| Rakeback | A flat 27%, or “27%+”. | No rate published. Rakeback players are barred from Elite Benefits, with a one-time conversion. |
| Elite payback | Up to 10% for a Player, rising to 57–65% for an Icon. | Not published. The tiers and multipliers are right; on our sourced figures, 12–14% for a Player and about 65% for an Icon. |
| The Beast’s week | Monday to Sunday. | Saturday 00:00 to Friday 23:59 ET, paid by the end of Monday. |
| What feeds The Beast | About 20% of all rake. | 2¢ of every 6¢ of rake, up to 24¢ a hand: a third of small pots’ rake, 8% at the $3 cap. |
| Rake | 5% with caps of $0.50–$3; no flop, no drop. | Right on both counts. |
| Mac client | Windows only, no Mac client. | Windows and macOS clients, for Apple and Intel chips. |
| Mobile | A mobile poker app for iPhone and Android. | Its download page offers Windows and Mac only; on a phone it opens the play.blackchippoker.eu web app instead, without saying which poker games run there. |
| Phone support | 1-877-314-4195. | No phone line on its contact page: a virtual assistant, email and a form. |
| Withdrawal frequency | One cashout a week. | Crypto once a day (five a week); cash pickups and checks once a week. |
| Restricted countries | The UK, France, Italy and Spain. | Australia, the Netherlands, Germany and Slovakia, plus nine US states. |
| HUDs | Allowed. | Allowed only on your own hand histories, with no data from the hand in play. |
| Support email | support@winningpokernetwork.com. | Its contact page gives support@acrpoker.eu. |
Two of the five ranking pages are thin guides from the same site; one dates from 2017.
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8 complaints posted from July 2025 to September 2026, every one we found, each counted once under what it is mainly about. Collected 9 November 2026.
How we counted: every 1–2 star Trustpilot review of Black Chip Poker, whose page there began in January 2026, plus comments on Black Chip’s Wizard of Odds review (from LCB.org). Fewer than 50 complaints turned up, so we looked back as far as 1 November 2022, but nothing on either page is older than May 2025. AskGamblers has no Black Chip page and its forum has no posts about it, and Casino Guru and Reddit couldn’t be read. Leaving out praise, questions and posts that named no problem, and merging one player’s repeat post, left 8 complaints; all 8 are shown, with no sampling. With so few, the counts are examples, not shares. Complaints are unverified and come from unhappy players, so they show what goes wrong, not how often. Few players post a follow-up, so we can’t say how many were resolved.
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Everything you need to know about what's available, organized by category.
Quick overview of what's available. We go deep on each game in our strategy guides.
Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo and Stud cash games (no-limit, pot-limit and fixed-limit), Blitz fast-fold, Spinz jackpot sit-and-gos and the network’s tournament schedule, all shared with ACR. Windows and Mac clients (Apple and Intel chips). On a phone, the download page opens Black Chip’s web app at play.blackchippoker.eu, which Black Chip describes as instant-play casino and sports betting; it doesn’t say which poker games run there.
Casino blackjack, separate from the poker tables. Count your rake before you play it: no casino or sports winnings can be withdrawn until your poker rake or tournament fees reach 10% of your deposits.
Casino slots, separate from the poker tables. Slot bets add nothing to the poker rake Black Chip requires before any payout.
RNG roulette and other table games. A single-zero wheel keeps 2.70% of each bet, a double zero 5.26%; like all casino play, it adds nothing to the rake requirement.
Live dealer tables streamed in real time.
Dealer-streamed blackjack. Winnings from it can’t be withdrawn until your poker rake reaches 10% of your deposits.
Dealer-streamed roulette. A single-zero wheel, where offered, keeps 2.70% of each bet; a double zero 5.26%.
Dealer-streamed baccarat. At the usual 8 to 1, the tie costs about 14% of each bet; the banker about 1.06%.
Deposit and withdrawal methods, limits and timing.
Published banking information allows one request every 24 hours. Account and regional restrictions apply.
Deposit: $10 – $25,000 · Operator estimate: 5–40 minutes
Withdraw: $50 – $10,000 published crypto limit · Operator average: less than 1h; review can take longer
Fee: No operator crypto fee; miner or wallet fees can apply
Deposit: $10 – $25,000 · Operator estimate: 5–40 minutes
Withdraw: $50 – $10,000 published crypto limit · Operator average: less than 1h; review can take longer
Fee: Miner, wallet or exchange fees can apply
Deposit: Card- and country-specific limits · Subject to card approval
Withdraw: Deposit only
Fee: 10% operator Visa fee; issuer costs can apply
One check every 7 days. One mailed check a month is free and can take up to 8 weeks; FedEx costs $55 (7–15 business days), as do additional checks.
Withdraw: Account-specific limits · Regular mail up to 8 weeks; courier normally 7–15 business days
Fee: One free mailed check per month; additional/courier checks $55
Not available to US players, according to Black Chip; offered in over 120 countries.
Deposit: $10 – $10,000 · Instant after account verification
Withdraw: Instant after account verification
Fee: No fee stated by Black Chip
Paid out as a cash pickup.
Deposit: $50 – $500 · Up to 8 hours, during office hours
Withdraw: $100 – $350 · 3–5 business days; one a week
Fee: $60 on $100–$299; $70 on $300–$350
Deposit: $10 – $25,000 · Instant
Withdraw: Review up to 72 hours, then instant
Fee: No fee stated by Black Chip
How to get help when you need it.
A virtual assistant answers first; Black Chip says its cash-outs team works 24/7 on live chat.
Black Chip’s contact page gives support@acrpoker.eu, its sister site’s address, for account requests; the assistant lists support@blackchippoker.eu.
Response: Within 24 hours, according to Black Chip
Report a suspected bot or cheat with the hand or tournament ID.
Rake and tournament fees worked out from the chart Black Chip publishes, checked 9 November 2026. At the smallest stakes the $3 cap is out of reach, so a pot pays the full 5% however big it gets.
| Game and stakes | Rake or fee as published | Rate | When the cap applies | What it costs you |
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| No-limit and pot-limit, up to $1/$2 | 1¢ for each 20¢ in the pot. The cap depends on how many players are in the hand: $0.50 with 2, $1 with 3, $2 with 4, $3 with 5 to 9. | 5% | Full table: on pots over $60. That’s 3,000 big blinds at 1¢/2¢, out of reach; 600 at 5¢/10¢, 120 at 25¢/50¢ and 30 at $1/$2. | Up to $3 a pot |
| No-limit and pot-limit, $2/$4 to $4/$8 | 5¢ for each $1 in the pot. Cap: $1 with 2 players, $1.50 with 3, $2 with 4, $3 with 5 to 9. | 5% | Full table: on pots over $60, which is 15 big blinds at $2/$4 and 7.5 at $4/$8. | Up to $3 a pot |
| No-limit and pot-limit, $5/$10 and up | 25¢ for each $5 in the pot. Cap: $1.25 with 2 players, $1.75 with 3, $2.25 with 4, $3 with 5 to 9. | 5% | Full table: on pots over $60, which is 6 big blinds at $5/$10. | Up to $3 a pot |
| Heads-up pots up to $1/$2 | The same 1¢ for each 20¢ when 2 players are in the hand, with a $0.50 cap. | 5% | On pots over $10: 500 big blinds at 1¢/2¢, 100 at 5¢/10¢ and 5 at $1/$2. | Up to 50¢ a pot |
| Fixed limit | 4.5% up to 50¢/$1, with caps from 1¢ to 40¢. Higher stakes pay 1% to 4% with caps up to $3, and less when fewer players are in the hand. | 1–4.5% | Early: at a full table the cap starts at a pot of 1.5 to 17 big bets, depending on the stakes. | Up to $3 a pot |
| Tournaments and sit-and-gos | A fee on top of the buy-in: $2 on a $20 buy-in in Black Chip’s own example, “around 10 percent” in the network’s FAQ. | 10% | No cap: every entry pays it. | 9.1% of the entry |
| Tournaments at $200 + $15 | A lower fee, one of the two examples in the network’s FAQ. | 7.5% | No cap. | 7.0% of the entry |
| Tournaments at $1,000 + $50 | The FAQ’s other example. | 5% | No cap. | 4.8% of the entry |
Big blinds are the pot or the cap divided by the big blind. With 100-big-blind stacks a nine-handed pot can’t top 900 big blinds, so at 1¢/2¢ the cap is never reached. Up to $1/$2 a pot pays nothing until it holds 20¢, because the rake comes 1¢ for each 20¢, and Black Chip says pots that end before the flop aren’t raked (“no flop, no drop”). The rake page’s “Rake Race Calculations” chart repeats its fixed-limit chart, so the leaderboard shares above come from the network’s FAQ on ACR’s site. We found no published fee for Spinz on the pages we read.
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Black Chip gives you the Winning Poker Network’s tables, bonus and rewards on the same terms as ACR, so choose between the two on cash-outs and phones, where ACR is ahead. If you pick Black Chip, keep to one account across the network, deposit and withdraw in crypto, from $50 to $10,000 at a time, size your first deposit to what your rake will release in 60 days, and play poker before any cash-out: casino and sports winnings can’t leave until your rake reaches 10% of deposits.
The welcome bonus matches your first deposit 100% up to $2,000, from $25, and releases about 13¢ per $1 of small-stakes cash rake within 60 days.
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