Black Chip Poker Casino Review: Thoroughly Expert-Tested

The crowning games here are naturally poker, although there is also a token presence of slots, live dealer, and table games. As soon as I registered and verified my email, I had to download the software in order to start playing poker. The download process was fast and I was up and running in under two minutes.

The poker lobby opened up as a separate app on my desktop. Design is plain and functional as befits a professional poker room. The game menu showcases the different types of poker tables available, with a link to casino games on the right. When I clicked on ‘Casino’, I was taken back to the browser site.

Deposits and withdrawals

Here’s what I found while carrying out my Black Chip Poker crypto review:

Deposits are credited instantly without the need of waiting for blockchain confirmations. While testing for this Black Chip Poker crypto review I deposited the equivalent of $10 in BTC, and a small pop up informed me I could deposit up to the equivalent of $25,000.

Withdrawals start from $50 and you can cashout up to $25,000 at one go. However, you’ll need to wait at least 72 hours before this is processed and the funds can take up to 15 days to actually reach your account.

Bonuses

Here are all the offers available at Black Chip Poker:

The welcome deposit here is a 100% match up to $2,000, to be used on poker games only. It’s only available if you’re not already registered on the sister site ACR, and you’ll need to deposit at least $25 to be eligible.

The offer doesn’t work in the regular way we usually find at other crypto casinos. You won’t find the money added to your account immediately. Instead, $1 will be added with every 27.5 Award Points earned. You have 60 days to earn your free cash, otherwise you’ll lose it.

How do you earn Award Points, I hear you ask. These are given out every time you pay rake or fees:

The site also offers a reload of 50% up to $500. You’ll need to use Black Chip Poker promo code BLITZ. You can claim this bonus as soon as you deposit another $25, even if you’re still working your way through the first offer. In this case you have 30 days to redeem your money (read, spend more).

However, it’s the Black Chip Poker rakeback rewards that are really popular with players here. If you’re new to poker, the rake is a small fee that the poker site or casino takes from each real-money pot, usually in cash games or as a portion of tournament fees. It’s essentially how the site makes money.

To start earning rakeback you’ll need to climb your way through the Elite loyalty program. The higher tiers give you up to 27% rakeback to your account.

Security

Here’s what I discovered during this Black Chip Poker review:

Is Black Chip Poker legal?

The site is licensed in Curaçao and it operates 100% legally, but I found no information as to whether any of its games are audited.

The app offers the same SSL encryption as an internet browser. However, it operates in a sandbox environment, like all such apps. This means that it’s isolated from the rest of the network and is not vulnerable to malicious code attacks. In other words, your personal and financial data are safe.

The site requires a KYC process upon withdrawal. You’ll be asked to provide identity verification, which can take up to 72 hours to complete.

Responsible Gambling

I only found one responsible gambling tool while testing for this Black Chip Poker crypto casino review, self-exclusion. This can be temporary or permanent, and you’ll need to request it by email.

Common complaints

Rather strangely, there’s no BCP profile on Trustpilot, although there’s a WPN profile with almost no activity. However, Reddit is swarming with complaints about collusion between BCP poker players and those on America’s Cardroom.

The complaints sound pretty legit, so much so that both sites recently launched an anti-collusion feature to make the games more fair and to stop players from reshuffling folded cards back into the deck mid-hand. Here’s how it works:

• Hole cards are dealt one at a time, only when it’s the player’s turn.
• Folded cards are immediately returned to the deck and can be redealt.
• Pre-action buttons like ‘fold’ or ‘call’ are disabled.

It’s still too early to see whether the software has succeeded in its mission, but I’ll keep you updated.

There’s a live chat widget available 24/7, but there’s no human support. As soon as I launched the window, the virtual assistant gave me menu options that covers everything — bonuses, deposits, withdrawals, bonuses and poker tables. All I had to do was make my choice and I had all the information at my finger tips.

These pages double up as super-detailed FAQs. I went through them all and it took me a good couple of hours, but it gave me a good overview of what to expect. I also found an email address buried deep in the T&Cs, but though I sent in a question I never received a reply.