About Us
The People Behind the Picks
Poker is a game built on information. Knowing what you’re working with — the odds, the players, the platform — is what separates good decisions from costly ones. That same logic drives everything we do here. Our goal is to give US poker players clear, accurate, and genuinely useful guidance in a market that keeps evolving.
We cover online poker rooms, tournament schedules, software platforms, and the regulatory landscape across states where licensed play is available or under development. Whether you’re logging in for a few casual sit-and-gos or grinding cash games seriously, we want this to be the resource you return to.
Led by Someone Who Knows the Game
Margo Echevarria serves as our lead editor and the editorial voice behind much of our analysis. She brings over eleven years of experience covering the poker industry from hand analysis and tournament strategy to the regulatory shifts that have defined US-facing online poker since the post-UIGEA period.
Margo’s background spans trade publications, long-form sports and gaming features, and editorial roles that put her close to some of the most significant developments in the US online poker space. Her communications degree and statistics minor inform the data-literate, no-nonsense approach she applies to every platform she evaluates. She understands what recreational players need to feel confident, and what serious grinders need to make informed decisions about rake, traffic, and bonus value.
She keeps a close eye on state-by-state legalization efforts and what they mean practically for players looking for legitimate, regulated options. That focus on accuracy and real-world relevance shapes everything our editorial team produces.
What We Cover and How We Approach It
Our coverage focuses specifically on poker: the sites, the software, the promotions, and the player experience. We don’t spread ourselves thin across every corner of online gaming. Poker is the niche, and depth is the point.
Every site we review goes through a structured evaluation process. Our editors look at game variety and traffic, tournament offerings, software quality, banking options, security standards, and rakeback value. We test platforms and assess them against consistent criteria so that comparisons are meaningful rather than arbitrary.
Content is updated regularly. The US poker landscape changes — new state regulations, updated bonus structures, software overhauls — and outdated information can steer players in the wrong direction. We take that responsibility seriously.
Editorial Independence and How We Make Money
Honesty about how this works matters to us. Our platform earns revenue through affiliate partnerships with poker sites we cover. When a reader signs up through one of our links, we may receive a commission.
We want to be straightforward about that. At the same time, our editorial team works to assess platforms on merit. A site with a generous affiliate arrangement doesn’t earn a favorable review because of it, and a site with strong player value doesn’t get buried because the numbers don’t work out for us. Our editors strive to put the reader’s interest first. We’re not going to claim commercial relationships have zero influence on anything — that would be naive — but our commitment is to honest, player-focused evaluation.
Readers who trust us enough to act on our recommendations are the foundation of what we do. That’s not something we’re willing to trade away.
Why Accuracy Matters More Here Than Elsewhere
In a lot of content categories, imprecise information is an inconvenience. In poker, it costs money. A player who chooses the wrong site because of misleading rake comparisons, inflated traffic claims, or buried withdrawal terms can end up in a genuinely worse position.
That’s the standard we hold ourselves to: would this information hold up if a knowledgeable player scrutinized it? Our editors approach reviews the way a solid player approaches a table — with patience, skepticism, and a healthy resistance to marketing spin.
If you’ve found this resource useful, that’s exactly what we set out to build.