Top Poker Room Changes in 2025

New Usage of Bomb Pot on Chico Network 

Bomb Pot is not a new concept in poker but it never was implemented in tournaments until Chico Network (BetOnline, SportsBetting, TigerGaming) decided: “why not?” — and launched the first ever BOMB POT PKO.

The initial test was in February 2025 — two NLHE tournaments with $3.30 and $11 buy-ins twice per day turned out to be so popular that they not only quickly became a part of the regular schedule but also motivated Chico to add Bomb Pot MTT to series schedules from April.

Over the year, Chico also:

• Launched 5-card PLO Bomb Pot tournaments
• Tested Bomb Pot flights for events without Bomb Pot feature on the Day 2 / Final Day
• Added to the schedule Bomb Pot satellites
• Extended Sit&Go schedule with 8-Bomb events with buy-ins from $0.25 to $60
• Created $500 Bomb Pot Freerolls with special missions for chips.

In Hold’em MTT Bomb Pot was triggered every 10 hands, in Omaha MTT — every 20 hands, in Sit&Go — every 8 hands.

The only poker room who dared to follow Chico’s lead in 2025 was Phenom Poker — and it chose its own unique approach to this feature by launching Bomb Pot 5-Card Omaha tournaments where every hand is starting right from the flop after ante and blinds are collected. 

Total Renovation of Jackpot on ACR Poker

Jackpot Poker on the Winning Poker Network is a Spin&Go equivalent whose section in poker room lobbies has been, to put it mildly, rather minimalistic over the past 3+ years.

However, at the start of December 2025 the room decided to change it completely by not only adding more buy-ins but also changing their structure as well. And the network made it without any announcements.

From that moment there are no three, but five buy-ins available with the same structure for all of them that is closer to Flash Spin&Go with higher speed for the most of multipliers.

Back and Forth Design Change on RedStar Poker

In 2025, RedStar Poker, as its network iPoker, was focused on making promotions great and diverse for players much more than on any design changes or optimization.

So, when on November 18th, 2025 this room shadow dropped the client for MacOS and totally updated the client for Windows, players were (mostly) pleasantly surprised.

However, their joy was short-lived because this update broke the third-party customization software and made the client clunky on Windows. It wasn’t optimized well enough, so RedStar Poker rolled this update back the following day but without no date of its return.

However, it continues to be available for MacOS users, making them especially happy on Holidays.

Long-awaited Mobile Client of CoinPoker

CoinPoker was another room who decided to please players by making their game experience more accessible. But their release wasn’t so dramatic.

On November 18th, 2025 CoinPoker started the beta-test of its mobile-only client to prepare it for full release.

CoinPoker Mobile Web Client became available for testing by the link: https://play.coinpoker.com/ for Android and iPhone users without access from devices with other OS, including PC.

A week later the beta-test ended and CoinPoker Mobile Web Client was finally released but full optimization for iPhone and Android browsers was finished only in December.

The design and available games were identical to a PC client that helped players to adapt quicker if they decide to change platforms.

100% Rakeback for Winners on PokerPlanets

In the world of randomized or knee-high to a duck rakeback even in major poker rooms, launched in 2025 PokerPlanets made a bold choice to give players a chance to have a 100% rakeback for the whole month.

The algorithm is quite simple for players:

• Find a tournament with 100% Rakeback in its title or lobby
• Reach final table of this tournament
• Become one of the winners who eligible for the corresponding prize

For example, in December 2025 there was a $11 New Year Cup Super Bounty $7,500 Gtd where at least top-3 players received this gift and started 2026 with 100% rakeback.

Besides this novelty, PokerPlanets also constantly redesigned and optimized software to make it more user-friendly and smooth. It included, for example, creating a more colorful palette for the tournament schedule, making Spin&Win shinier and easier to read, choosing a more convenient interface for promotions, etc.