Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions govern your use of ifstarwarswasreal.com. By browsing this site, reading our reviews, or clicking through to any poker operator we cover, you accept the terms set out below. Please read them alongside our Responsible Gambling page before you sign up anywhere.

What this site is and what it is not

Best Poker Sites is an independent information and comparison resource covering online poker sites and apps available to players in the {{ COUNTRY }} market. We publish reviews, rankings, and comparisons of operators such as Coinpoker, Bovada, Stake, Ignition, Americas Card Room, Black Chip Poker, Ya Poker, BC Poker, Betonline, and Jack Poker. We are not a poker operator, we do not accept deposits, hold player funds, or process withdrawals, and we do not run any real-money games ourselves. Any decision to register or deposit at a poker site is made entirely between you and that operator, subject to their own terms.

Commercial disclosure

ifstarwarswasreal.com may earn a commission when readers click through to an operator listed on this site and go on to register or deposit. This is how the site is funded. Commercial relationships do not decide our rankings or the order in which sites appear — our position statements and editorial ratings reflect our own research, not payment received. Where a site pays us and where it does not, the same review standards apply.

How we assess and rank poker sites

Our rankings are built from publicly available information about each operator, including traffic and game variety where it can be verified, deposit and withdrawal methods, licensing information published by the operator, mobile app functionality, and the stated terms of welcome bonuses and promotions. We do not test sites by depositing, playing, or withdrawing funds ourselves, and we make no claim to have done so. Editorial ratings shown on this site are our own opinion, not a customer review score, and they can change if an operator's terms, licensing status, or offering changes. Nothing on this site should be read as a guarantee of any operator's reliability, payout speed, or game fairness.

Bonuses, promotions and offers

Welcome offers and promotions listed on this site — such as deposit matches, bonus cash, or free-play credits — are set entirely by the operators themselves and are subject to change without notice. Every bonus carries conditions attached by the operator, typically including a minimum deposit, a playthrough or wagering requirement before funds can be withdrawn, a time limit to clear the bonus, and eligibility restrictions by state or region. We summarize headline offers where they are supplied to us, but you must confirm the current, full terms directly on the operator's own site before you deposit. We are not responsible for any discrepancy between what is shown here and what an operator actually offers at the time you sign up.

Eligibility, licensing and your responsibilities

Online poker for real money is regulated on a state-by-state basis in the United States; there is no single federal license covering the whole country, and availability varies depending on where you live. It is your responsibility to check that real-money poker is legal in your state or jurisdiction, that you meet the operator's minimum age requirement — 21 in most regulated states, though a small number set it at 18 — and that you complete any identity verification the operator requires. We do not verify individual users' eligibility, and using this site does not confirm that any operator listed is licensed to accept players in your location. Always check the operator's own site for its current licensing and state availability before registering.

Payments referenced on this site

Where we mention deposit or withdrawal methods — cards, ACH bank transfer, PayPal, PayNearMe, operator prepaid cards, or crypto options at sites that support them — this reflects information supplied by or observed at the operator and is included for general guidance only. Processing times, fees, and minimum or maximum limits are set by each operator and by your own bank or payment provider, and can change. See our Payments & Cash-Out Speed page for a fuller comparison, but always confirm current limits directly with the operator before relying on them.

Responsible gambling

Nothing on this site should be read as encouragement to gamble beyond what you can afford to lose, and poker should never be treated as a source of income or a way to solve financial difficulty. Skill can influence outcomes at the table, but it does not remove the risk of losing money. If you are concerned about your own gambling or someone else's, contact the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-GAMBLER, or visit our Responsible Gambling page for further resources. Real-money poker on this site is intended only for readers who meet the legal minimum gambling age in their state, which is 21 in most regulated states and 18 in a few others.

Accuracy, changes and liability

We aim to keep information on this site current, but poker operators change their bonuses, licensing, game selection, and payment methods regularly, and we cannot guarantee that every detail reflects the operator's current offering at the moment you read it. We accept no liability for losses, missed promotions, or disputes arising from your use of any third-party poker site, whether or not you reached it via a link on ifstarwarswasreal.com. These terms may be updated from time to time; continued use of the site after changes are posted means you accept the revised terms.

Questions about these terms

If anything here is unclear, or you want to know more about how we research and rank the sites we cover, you can read more on our About Us page or reach out through Contact Us.