About Us

thepamlicoporch.com is an independent review site built around one job: helping US poker players work out whether CoinPoker and other crypto-friendly poker rooms are worth their time and money, and what a current promo code actually gets them once the fine print is applied.

What we cover and why

Our main focus is CoinPoker — its games, traffic, rake, rewards, crypto deposits and withdrawals, and its welcome bonus and promo code terms. We built the site because most searches for "CoinPoker review" or "CoinPoker promo code" turn up either operator marketing or thin listicles with no real detail on how the bonus clears, what fairness measures are in place, or where CoinPoker sits legally for a US player. We try to answer those questions plainly, including the parts that aren't flattering.

Alongside CoinPoker, we look at how it stacks up against other well-known poker rooms so readers can see the landscape rather than take one operator's word for it. The offers referenced across the site — including CoinPoker's own promotions and those from other rooms such as Bovada, Stake, Ignition, Americas Card Room, Black Chip Poker, Ya Poker, BC Poker, BetOnline, and Jack Poker — are shown with their headline terms because bonus size on its own tells you very little without knowing the deposit requirement, clearing conditions, or time limit attached.

How we approach a review

We don't stake real money at these sites and report it as a "test" — we're not going to claim testing evidence we don't have. Instead, our reviews are built by researching publicly available information: the operator's own terms, licensing pages, published rake and rewards structures, community reports on payout speed, and how the client and mobile experience compare across similar sites. Where information is genuinely unclear or unverifiable — such as exact player traffic or a specific licence status — we say so rather than guessing.

Editorial ratings on this site reflect our own assessment of factors like bonus terms, game variety, crypto deposit and withdrawal handling, fairness and anti-collusion measures, and support quality. They are not customer-review scores, and no commercial relationship with any operator decides where it ranks. Some links on the site are commercial and we may earn a commission if a reader signs up through them — that arrangement never changes the order options appear in or the drawbacks we describe.

What we won't do

• We won't present poker, crypto poker included, as a reliable way to make money — it carries a real risk of losing what you put in, and skill reduces that risk without removing it.
• We won't claim a licence, regulatory status, or US legal standing that hasn't been clearly established — where a site operates offshore or in a legal grey area for US players, we say so.
• We won't hide the fact that crypto-denominated bankrolls carry price volatility risk on top of the usual variance in poker.
• We won't use urgency or pressure language to push a sign-up, and we won't publish fabricated bonus figures, traffic numbers, or user testimonials.

Age, eligibility and responsible play

Everything on this site is intended for readers of legal gambling age in their jurisdiction — 18 or 21 depending on the state and the site — and nothing here is aimed at, or should be read by, anyone under that age. Poker, whether played for crypto or fiat, should stay within money a person can afford to lose, and it's worth checking your own state's law before signing up anywhere, since availability for US players varies and often sits in a legal grey area rather than clear regulation.

If gambling stops feeling like entertainment, free and confidential help is available through the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-GAMBLER. Our responsible gambling page has more on the tools and support options worth knowing about before you deposit anywhere.

Getting in touch

If you've spotted something that needs correcting, have a question about a review, or want to flag your own experience with an operator we cover, our contact page has the details. Our terms and conditions page sets out the fuller basis on which this site operates.