Evidence hierarchy
- First-party venue poker page — preferred for hours, games, stakes, rake and waitlist rules.
- First-party venue news or tournament page — useful for room size, openings and dated event details.
- Regulator / official operator directory — used for legal/regulatory status where relevant.
- Third-party live-list platform — treated as a live-status tool, not a substitute for venue ownership or regulatory facts.
Three statuses we keep separate
| Published offering | The venue says it offers a game/stake/format. |
|---|---|
| Operating hours | The poker room is scheduled to be open. |
| Live now | A table is currently running and/or has an active list. This needs same-day data. |
Last-verified dates
Every core room profile carries a last-verified date. Time-sensitive pages should be rechecked before major updates, and stale information should be corrected rather than silently left in place.
Editorial restraint
We avoid claiming a room is “soft,” “profitable,” “best action” or “guaranteed to run” without defensible evidence. First-timer recommendations are based on logistics and published game structures, not promises about opponent skill.
Corrections
If a venue changes hours, stakes or a waitlist rule, the intended workflow is to update the room record, dependent comparison pages and the sitemap date together. See the Editorial Policy for the broader standard.
Wave 6 geographic pages
Regional pages do not assume that a city has a poker room. They route users to verified rooms based on geography, published schedules and game menus. Drive-time language is intentionally approximate because GTA traffic changes materially by time and day.