Online Poker Room Blacklist/Negative Reviews

[Bawse]

Last Updated: April 25, 2025

• ACRPoker/AmericasCardroom: Plenty of red flags over the years. My relationship with ACR Poker turned out to be a bad one, and I believe they did me dirty. I was a promoter/affiliate that had my account closed with 220+ sign ups, after I reached out to ACR Poker when I started to promote again. They closed my affiliate account, and told me to reapply. I will never get ACR Poker another chance. I know other affiliates that a similar situation with ACRPoker.
• BadgerStatePoker: Small poker room using Poker Mavens. The owner(Johnny Flores) has been involved with chip dumping, and convicted of sexual assault on a minor. Johnny Flores has opened multiple sites using the Poker Mavens software with the intent to scam his players. BEWARE!
• Poker Club Apps: I won't say all poker clubs are scams, but a high majority of poker clubs turn out to be scams, or have collusion amongst other players. I would avoid spending money on these apps, and deposit/play on legit poker sites.

 

[padrespatty]

Every site has had complaints about policies and procedures. I would say about 90% of those complaints are from freerollers that want to withdraw without fulfilling criteria.

 

[mreleganza]

Oddspoker seems to no longer exist. I have been a "victim" of Carbon's slow pay before, but they did pay in the end. Caveat: Now they are preventing me from requesting a withdrawal because:

"
Thanks for getting in touch with us.
Please note back in 2021 we sent you an email about a mismatch between the physical address you provided us and the IP address your computer registered in our system. Therefore, we would like to know the reason for this discrepancy; probably you traveled to a different country.
As a security precaution, your account has been restricted pending your reply."

I responded,

"
Hi,

I was in the United States the entirety of 2021, as is my address, and so the only reason I can think of is that I inadvertently left a VPN on, which I required for my work at that time."

No response so far. I'm wondering if I should lie and say, "Oh yeah! I was out of the country in 2021!" since she seemed to be leading me towards that answer.

 

[Bawse]

I edited the original post. If there's any sites that should be avoided, please let me know in the comments.

 

[magnus2022]

I heard much about oddsporker. The site embezzle players fund especially when you are from developing countries because they know you can't be able to take any legal action against them. They will block your account especially when you request for withdrawal. Oddsporker have thousand and one negative reviews online! Better avoid the site as plague. Don't be deceived by their professional website interface.

 

[magnus2022]

Oddspoker seems to no longer exist. I have been a "victim" of Carbon's slow pay before, but they did pay in the end. Caveat: Now they are preventing me from requesting a withdrawal because:

"
Thanks for getting in touch with us.
Please note back in 2021 we sent you an email about a mismatch between the physical address you provided us and the IP address your computer registered in our system. Therefore, we would like to know the reason for this discrepancy; probably you traveled to a different country.
As a security precaution, your account has been restricted pending your reply."

I responded,

"
Hi,

I was in the United States the entirety of 2021, as is my address, and so the only reason I can think of is that I inadvertently left a VPN on, which I required for my work at that time."

No response so far. I'm wondering if I should lie and say, "Oh yeah! I was out of the country in 2021!" since she seemed to be leading me towards that answer.

Oddsporker is still existing. I checked the site sometimes ago. Though, they have changed a lot of things on the site. The site interface was redesigned and is now more engaging. DON'T BE DECEIVED BY ODDSPORKER's beautiful website. Run from those criminals!