The best poker rooms for players from Ukraine

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In 2025, Ukraine remains one of the states of the post-Soviet space, where the gaming industry in general and poker in particular are treated with loyalty. This area of activity is regulated by the state, regular offline competitions are held, and fans of online poker from Ukraine have access to any poker resources from different countries. 

The legality of online poker in Ukraine. Currently, playing online poker in Ukraine is quite legal, as well as online casinos. In 2020, a law was adopted that regulates the activities of organizations in the gaming industry and the holding of games. 

1. General criteria for choosing a poker room

First, let's briefly dwell on the main criteria that are worth paying attention to when choosing a room for the game.

Reliability of the room
Pay attention to the factors that speak about the reliability of the poker room where you are going to play. In general, the long-term history of work, the presence of a permanent customer support service, the absence of delays in withdrawing funds and complaints from players will speak in favor of the fact that you have made a choice in favor of a reliable platform that cares about its reputation.

Availability and ease of registration
Some rooms may be closed for registration of players from certain countries or regions. On other services, registration may be unnecessarily complicated. Usually, rooms aimed at attracting customers make registration as accessible as possible, and even confirmation of your account through sending documents may not be necessary at first.

Deposit and Withdrawal Methods
An important aspect is the possibility of both convenient and quick deposit in the Rum in the necessary currency, and withdrawal of funds, if necessary. 

When choosing a room, pay attention to what payment services the room offers for depositing and withdrawing funds, as well as to user feedback on the speed of financial transactions in the room and the quality of the support service.

2. Factors affecting the profitability of the game 

For novice poker players, choosing the right poker rooms to play in is critical. Despite the attractiveness of large poker networks and rooms that invest heavily in the marketing of their services, these playgrounds are not the most profitable for the formation of a primary bankroll and earnings. Let's look at a few important factors affecting profitability that you should pay attention to when choosing a poker room.

Field Strength

Ideally, we always want to play with weak players, amateurs who make a lot of mistakes and generally make suboptimal decisions.

However, in reality, the number of weak players can vary significantly from room to room. As a rule, the weakest is the field on poker platforms, which are not very well known to a wide range of poker players, but provide ample opportunities for playing, have convenient software and are reliable in terms of security of funds. The weakest fields in 2025 can be considered pools of players of poker applications built on the system of closed clubs and providing the opportunity to play on mobile devices. 

Field size
As you know, playing in tournaments with high AFS (i.e. average number of participants) is more dispersive than participating in small tournaments. Choosing tournaments with up to 1000 participants, novice players can gain more experience in the later stages of the tournaments and with less risk to form their bankroll.

Auxiliary software
The ability to use auxiliary programs such as Holdem Manager and Hand2Note poker statistics programs is an additional plus for players who refer to poker as a source of income, and not just entertainment.  On the other hand, the ban on third-party software attracts more amateurs who feel more protected during the game.

Expected ROI
For players who consider poker not as entertainment, but primarily as a means of earning money, it is important to imagine the profitability of the game in a particular room. To do this, use the ROI (Return Of Investments) parameter, which helps to assess how profitable investments are in a particular room. However, ROI can be most accurately estimated only at a distance, that is, based on the analysis of several dozen (and preferably hundreds) tournaments played, so when choosing a new poker room for the game, this criterion is most likely not suitable.

3. The best online poker rooms in Ukraine to play for real money

Players from Ukraine have a wide selection of poker rooms for playing for real money, both international and focused exclusively on the local market. 

RedStar Poker

A small room, part of the iPoker network, offers fans of tournament poker a fairly extensive grid of tournaments (both classic format and tournaments with rebuys and knockouts) for playing at low and middle limits.

The large number of fans at the tables makes the RedStar Poker field one of the weakest of the traditional poker rooms. The use of auxiliary software (Holdem Manager poker statistics program, Hand2Note) is allowed. Deposits and withdrawals in various currencies are made without delay. The disadvantages of the room include not the big traffic and the rustic design of the client, which sometimes alienate potential players. Rum also can't offer apps for iOS and Mac. 

Chico Network

The most popular room of the Chico network is TigerGaming, where the field is largely composed of players from America, Canada and other countries of the western hemisphere. In this regard, the main volume of the game falls on the night or early morning local time. TigerGaming has convenient software for Windows and Mac computers, as well as full-fledged mobile clients for various devices. The schedule of multi-table tournaments (MTT) is suitable for players of low and middle limits. A large number of fans at the tables makes the game of tournament poker in the Chico network one of the most profitable among similar poker sites. Various deposit and withdrawal methods are supported. 

Poker apps

With the proliferation of mobile devices, poker applications are becoming increasingly popular among modern players. Players from Ukraine are actively mastering such mobile applications as PPPoker, PokerBros and Suprema. All these rooms operate on a club basis, that is, they organize communities of players, for access to which a personal invitation is required. Deposit and withdrawal of funds is carried out through special agents.

Poker applications are designed primarily for entertainment, so they attract many fans from the regions of the Americas, as well as Asian countries. Because of this, the field of players of mobile applications can be considered the weakest to date and allows even with a simple disciplined game to show a profit unattainable in ordinary poker rooms. It is possible to use poker statistics through special additional converters. The disadvantages of poker applications can be called an unusual (for players who are accustomed to computer monitors) interface and the difficulty of multitabling.

PokerOK

The most popular poker room today, which is part of the Asian network GG Network, attracts players to tournament poker from all over the world with high guarantees and payouts, round-the-clock play at various limits, regular promotions, as well as innovative software (both for PC and for mobile devices) and colorful design. 

The flip side of high popularity is the presence of a large number of professional and semi-professional players at all tournament poker limits, which makes the GGPoker room very competitive.  At the same time, playing in tournaments with high AFS (average number of participants) greatly increases the level of variance and reduces the chances of novice players to pass into the late stages of tournaments and qualify for high places. Our portal does not recommend GGPoker for regular play at microlimits, for this it is better to choose other sites. 

PokerStars

One of the world's most famous playgrounds lost the championship to the Asian network GG Network, but remains one of the leaders in online poker and one of the most popular places for players from Ukraine to earn money. The advantages of PokerStars still include high-quality software, high player traffic, large tournament guarantees, convenient withdrawal procedures and prompt support in various languages. It is possible to use poker statistics programs (Holdem Manager, Hand2Note). The field became a little less competitive after the withdrawal of PokerStars from the Russian market and the ban on the game from the territory of the Russian Federation. 

4. Current deposit methods in Ukraine

For players from Ukraine, there are various ways to deposit in the rooms for playing for real money.

• Cryptocurrency is the most modern, convenient and reliable way to both deposit and withdraw funds from poker rooms. Cryptocurrency transactions are supported by the vast majority of modern poker sites.
• Webmoney - Webmoney electronic settlement system is one of the possible ways to deposit and withdraw funds from poker rooms. However, not all rooms available in Ukraine provide the opportunity to use Webmoney. Of the recommended rooms for playing with Webmoney, only RedStar Poker and Poker Stars work.
• Skrill/Neteller - Skrill and Neteller e-wallets are also one of the popular means of payment used for deposits and withdrawals from poker rooms. They are supported by most of the rooms operating in Ukraine.
• Bank card - most poker rooms accept deposits directly from bank cards, however, the conditions of such financial transactions may vary (deposit and withdrawal limits, commission rates, conversion rates from/to national currencies, etc.).  In some cases, you can only make a deposit with a bank card, and you will need to find another way to withdraw funds.  

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