GuidesOpen a poker room.
Open a poker room.
Know what it takes.
Licences, certification, payments, liquidity and the features players expect — written for the people who run poker rooms, with every outside fact sourced and dated.
Launch
Launching a poker room
From licences to liquidity: what it takes to open an online poker room, and to build the features players know.
- 20 min readHow to start an online poker site in 2026Licences market by market, the platform model, RNG certification, KYC, payments, safer gambling, liquidity and budget: how to start an online poker site in 2026.Read the guide
- 12 min readPokerStars-style poker features: what it takesTournament series, mixed games, fast-fold, Spin & Go, a lab-tested RNG, a tools policy and licences: what each PokerStars-style feature takes an operator to build.Read the guide
- 10 min readGGPoker-style poker features: what it takesRush & Cash, Spin & Gold, run it three times, all-in insurance, PokerCraft, a built-in HUD and anti-RTA work: what each GGPoker-style feature takes an operator to build.Read the guide
Features
Features, explained
How the features players ask for work, what they cost an operator, and how PokerEnginePro runs them.
- 9 min readRun it twice in online poker: how it worksHow running it twice works in online poker: the maths, splitting pots, odd chips, rake, side pots and agreement — and how an operator runs it on PokerEnginePro.Read the guide
- 9 min readAll-in insurance and equity cash-out in online pokerHow all-in insurance and equity cash-out work in online poker: pricing, who can buy, how PokerStars, iPoker and GGPoker offer it, regulation, and PokerEnginePro.Read the guide
- 8 min readBomb pots and the 7-2 bounty: an operator's guideHow bomb pots, double-board bomb pots and the 7-2 bounty work, why they bring action to cash tables, how rooms run them, and how PokerEnginePro settles every chip.Read the guide
- 9 min readRNG certification for online poker: GLI-19 and moreWhat RNG certification for online poker involves: GLI-19, the accredited labs, what they test, what the UKGC and MGA require, commit-reveal shuffles, and PokerEnginePro.Read the guide
- 8 min readPoker collusion, bots and RTA: an operator's guideThe integrity threats an online poker room faces — collusion, chip dumping, multi-accounting, bots, real-time assistance — how big rooms fight them, and PokerEnginePro.Read the guide
- 7 min readSocial poker: how play-money poker works for operatorsHow social poker makes money without cash prizes: chip stores, daily rewards and ads, where the legal lines sit, and how to run play money beside real money.Read the guide
- 7 min readCrypto payments for poker operators: what it takesWhere regulators allow crypto deposits, why stablecoins, and what custody, processing, on-chain screening, confirmations and the closed loop each take a poker operator.Read the guide
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