Stake Poker review
If your bankroll is in crypto and your hands per month are high, Stake's combination of instant 3.5% rakeback plus the Stake VIP weekly and monthly bonuses out-earns flat-rate rooms across the year.
The scores
Welcome bonus
Deposit $1,500, get up to $3,000 in matched bonus value when activated through an affiliate code. Stake VIP Program is instant-rakeback driven.
3.5% poker rakeback via Stake VIP Program (instant, on every hand)
Pros
- Highest-value sign-up package in the test, $3,000 unlocked over 4-6 weeks with code POKERGODS
- Deepest crypto pool of any dot-com room, with bigger MTT guarantees than CoinPoker on weekends
- Stake-wide loyalty status carries over from the casino and sportsbook, so existing Stake players start at elevated rakeback the first hand they play
- Cashouts settle in under 10 minutes for USDT and BTC, fastest in the test
- Sponsors Drake, Bill Perkins and a rotating cast of crypto-twitter pros, so the games get a steady drip of recreational money
Cons
- Level 3 KYC required before any withdrawal above $1,000, including a live-support chat to release the bonus
- Cash traffic above NL400 thins out outside US prime time
- No native FIAT rails, you have to onramp through Moonpay or hold crypto
Rake and rakeback
Weighted contributed rake. NLHE cap of $3.00 on mid-stakes. PLO cap of $4.00. No-flop-no-drop on cash. The NL100 cap is $3.00 at a flat 5.00% rake percentage.
Effective rakeback for a 100k-hand/month grinder works out to 3.5% poker rakeback via Stake VIP Program (instant, on every hand). Compared against the full rake comparison table, that places Stake Poker toward the top of the field.
Traffic and player pool
Peak cash 24-hour traffic of approximately 3,200 concurrent. Our internal pool-softness score for Stake Poker is 9.0/10, among the softest pools online.
Games and formats
Payments
Stake Poker accepts:
Currencies supported: USDT, BTC, ETH, USDC, LTC, XRP, DOGE, SOL.
Licensing
Curacao eGaming. Operating since 2017.
Should you play here?
If your bankroll is in crypto and your hands per month are high, Stake's combination of instant 3.5% rakeback plus the Stake VIP weekly and monthly bonuses out-earns flat-rate rooms across the year.
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