Americas Card Room, now branded ACR Poker, is the flagship site on the Winning Poker Network. Its sister sites are Black Chip Poker, Ya Poker and PokerKing, all run on the same network. Two older sister sites, PokerHost and True Poker, are effectively gone.
Americas Card Room is now ACR Poker, on the Winning Poker Network
Americas Card Room started life as a stand-alone poker site. In 2023 it changed its public name to ACR Poker, though the domain and the old name are still used in places. It sits on the Winning Poker Network, known as WPN. WPN is the back end that runs the poker software, seats the players at the same tables and pays out the tournaments. ACR Poker is the biggest and best known brand on that network by a large margin.
A sister site, in plain terms, means a poker room that plugs into the same network. Players on ACR Poker and players on a sister site sit at the same virtual tables. The tournaments they enter share the same prize pools. The software looks slightly different and the branding is different, but the games underneath are the same pool of players.
The Sister Sites Still Running
These are the WPN skins that were live and taking new sign-ups at the time of writing.
Black Chip Poker
Black Chip Poker is the second-biggest brand on the network after ACR Poker. It runs the same cash games, the same tournaments and the same big-field series as ACR Poker, just under its own name and its own website. It tends to draw a mix of US and international players.
Ya Poker
Ya Poker is aimed at Spanish and Portuguese-speaking players. The software, the tournament schedule and the traffic are the same WPN pool. The main difference is the language the site is presented in and who it markets to.
PokerKing
PokerKing is another WPN skin, aimed more at players outside the United States. Again, it is the same network underneath. The tables, the guarantees and the software are shared with ACR Poker.
All three sites listed above share tournaments, cash game liquidity and support systems with ACR Poker. They are not separate poker rooms with their own player pools. They are different front doors into the same room. A player who struggles to find a seat on one skin at a quiet hour can usually find the same tables full on another, because the traffic behind all of them is combined.
This matters for anyone deciding where to sign up. Choosing ACR Poker over Black Chip Poker, or Ya Poker over PokerKing, does not change the size of the tournament fields or the strength of the players sitting at the cash tables. It only changes the brand name on the client and, sometimes, the language options and the customer support team handling that particular skin.
Sister Sites That Have Closed
Not every brand that used to sit on WPN is still open to new players. Two are not real options any more.
- PokerHost closed permanently some years ago. It is not taking players and there is no working site to sign up on.
- True Poker is the oldest brand that was on WPN. It stopped letting new players sign up in early 2026. Existing account holders can reportedly still log in, but nobody new can join. For practical purposes, treat it as closed.
If you see a site online using either of these names, check carefully before you deposit. A domain that still loads is not proof the poker room behind it is still working. Some old poker brand names get taken over by adverts for a totally different site. If a page under an old brand name is just pushing you to sign up somewhere else, that old brand is closed in every way that matters, even if the web address still resolves.
Is ACR Poker Actually Working Right Now?
Yes. ACR Poker is a working, active poker site. It runs daily cash games, guaranteed tournaments and recurring promotions. It is not a dead brand with a page left online for old time’s sake. The client software can be downloaded and used to play real games with real money, and the site runs its own well-known tournament series throughout the year.
What You Can Actually Play
ACR Poker’s main draw is its tournament traffic. It runs one of the better known online poker calendars in the industry, including:
- Cash games in Texas Hold’em and Omaha, from low stakes up to high stakes tables
- Pot-Limit Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo variants
- Sit & Go games that start as soon as a table fills
- Regular guaranteed multi-table tournaments
- The Venom, a recurring high-buy-in tournament with a large guaranteed prize pool that has become one of the site’s signature events
- Seasonal online series with hundreds of tournaments running across a few weeks
- A long-running daily leaderboard promotion that pays out to active players
Because ACR Poker sits on WPN, players from Black Chip Poker, Ya Poker and PokerKing can enter the same big tournaments. The prize pool is shared across the network, not split up separately for each brand.
The Casino Side
ACR Poker also runs a casino section alongside the poker tables. It is browser-based, so there is nothing extra to download to play it. It offers slot games and table games such as blackjack and roulette. It sits under the same account and the same login as the poker client, so a player does not need a second sign-up to use it. The casino product is a smaller part of the business than the poker side, which remains the main reason players use the site.
How Hard Is ID Verification?
Like almost every real-money poker or casino site, ACR Poker asks players to verify who they are before they can take money out. This is standard practice across the industry and not unique to ACR Poker. Verification is not usually needed to deposit or to start playing, only to withdraw.
To verify an account, a player typically needs to provide:
- A government-issued photo ID, such as a driving licence or passport
- A recent utility bill or bank statement, usually dated within the last three months, to confirm the address on file
Documents are uploaded through the poker client itself, in the account or certifications section, rather than through a separate web form. Players who submit clear, correctly named scans generally get through this step without much delay. The main causes of a slow check are blurry photos, expired documents or a name that does not match the one used to sign up.
Because ACR Poker, Black Chip Poker, Ya Poker and PokerKing all sit on the same back end, the verification process is basically the same wherever a player signs up on this network. The same document types are accepted, and the same support team structure sits behind the check. Nobody should expect an easier or harder check just because they picked one WPN brand over another.
Payment and Withdrawal Methods
ACR Poker supports a broad mix of payment options, with a strong focus on cryptocurrency.
Card and e-wallet options
- Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express
- Skrill and Neteller e-wallets
- LuxonPay
Cryptocurrency options
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- USDT (Tether) on the ERC-20 network
Crypto is where ACR Poker is strongest. Card payments and bank routes on gambling sites are often slow, get blocked by card issuers, or take days to clear. Crypto deposits tend to confirm quickly, and crypto withdrawals are usually far faster than a card or bank withdrawal once a player is verified. This is one of the clearer practical reasons crypto has become the preferred route for many players on ACR Poker and its sister sites, rather than any special bonus tied to it.
The same crypto set-up carries across the whole network. A player who is comfortable depositing and withdrawing in Bitcoin, Ethereum or USDT on ACR Poker will find the same options, run through the same back-end payment system, on Black Chip Poker, Ya Poker and PokerKing. This is another sign that all four sites are built on one shared platform rather than four separate businesses that simply look alike.
Should You Try a Sister Site Instead?
There is no real difference in the games between ACR Poker, Black Chip Poker, Ya Poker and PokerKing. The tables, the traffic and the tournament guarantees all come from the same network. The choice between them usually comes down to smaller things, such as which language the site is presented in, which regions each brand focuses on, or which sign-up offer a player is shown at the time.
Whichever WPN skin a player picks, the underlying poker room, the software, the support team and the shared player pool are all the same. What changes is only the name on the login screen and the promotions the front page happens to show. Anyone thinking about a WPN sister site should still read that specific brand’s own terms and conditions before signing up, since sign-up offers, minimum deposit rules and regional restrictions can differ slightly between skins even on a shared network.
Before joining any of these, it is worth double-checking that the site loading in your browser is the real, current version of the brand. Old poker brand names get reused by unrelated adverts more often than players expect, and a working-looking page is not the same as a working poker room.