Michigan Online Poker

PokerStars was the first regulated online poker room to launch in Michigan. The world’s largest poker site began welcoming Michiganders on Jan. 29, 2021, a week after legal online casinos and sportsbooks launched in the Great Lakes State.

Two years later, the Michigan Gaming Control Board gave PokerStars the green light to launch multi-state online poker. PokerStars now pools players in Michigan and New Jersey. The two states have a combined population of approximately 19.3 million, which has improved traffic and liquidity for online poker players in Michigan.

Flutter Entertainment, the world’s largest online gambling group, owns PokerStars alongside other famous brands such as FanDuel.

• Offers Hold’em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud, Razz, and HORSE
• The site hosts cash games, tournaments, SNGs, jackpot Spin & Go tournaments, and Zoom Poker
• Cash games have blinds starting at $0.01/$0.02, with a maximum buy-in of $2, and they go up to $25/$20, with buy-ins of up to $5,000
• Tournament buy-ins can range from $0.50 to $500, although higher buy-ins are sometimes available on major tournaments
• Prominent tournaments held each week include the Sunday Majors, Nightly Stars, KO Fever, Super Tuesday, and Thursday Thrill
• The Championship Of Online Poker and the Spring Championship Of Online Poker are some of the most famous signature tournament series at PokerStars MI

Nevada-based casino giant Caesars Entertainment launched WSOP Online in Michigan in March 2022. This is the digital arm of the famous World Series of Poker tournaments, which are held annually in Paradise, Nevada.

The site was initially available in Michigan only. However, WSOP began pooling players in Michigan, Nevada, and New Jersey in 2024. Those states have a combined population of 23.5 million, which creates a reasonably large potential player pool.

• Hold’em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud available
• Cash games, tournaments, SNGs hosted
• Buy-ins range on cash games from range from $1 to $500, with blinds of $0.01/$0.02 to $25/$50 on No Limit Hold’em
• The tournament buy-ins will normally range from $1 to $215, although they can go up to $10,000 for bracelet events
• GTD Big Sunday is the most prominent weekly tournament
• Satellite tournaments for the WSOP Bracelet Series and WSOP Circuit Online Gold Ring Series are hosted at WSOP Michigan

BetMGM Casino & Sportsbook launched in Michigan back in January 2021, operating on the master license of MGM Grand Detroit. The BetMGM online poker room went live a couple of months later.

MGM Resorts International teamed up with a European company called Entain to create BetMGM. Entain owns PartyPoker, so it has a great deal of expertise in this field, and it has provided BetMGM Poker with an impressive user interface.

Right now, BetMGM Poker MI only accepts players in Michigan. BetMGM Poker is live in other states, so it will hopefully begin pooling liquidity across multiple states in the future.

• Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud games are available
• Hosts Cash games, tournaments, SNGs, jackpot SNGs, SPINS tournaments
• Cash games have blinds starting at $0.01/$0.02, with buy-ins of $0.50, and they go up to $25/$30, with buy-ins of up to $200
• Tournament buy-ins typically range from $5 to $535
• Prominent tournaments the Daily C-Note Tournament, Monster Monday, Mega Tuesday, and the Sunday Main Event
• Renowned tournament series include the Summer Classic and the BetMGM Online Championship, which run simultaneously across Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

FireKeepers Casino hosts a spacious 26-table poker room, which is open daily. Tournaments are held seven days a week, and $1/$2 No Limit Hold’em cash games are always running too.

This poker room hosts some popular events, such as the Tournament of Champions and the Michigan State Poker Tournament. There are bad beat jackpots too.

• Address: 11177 E Michigan Ave, Battle Creek, MI 49014
• Open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m.
• No Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha available, plus Pineapple
• $1/$2 No Limit Hold’em with buy-ins of $50 to $300 are always available, and $1/$3 No Limit Hold’em and $2/$5 No Limit Hold’em games are often hosted, with buy-ins of up to $1,000
• Hosts $50 No Limit Hold’em tournaments daily, plus weekly $200 No Limit Hold’em tournaments, $65 RxR PLO/NLH tournaments, $125 Green Chip Bounty tournaments, and $50 Pineapple tournaments, and satellites for major tournaments
• Notable tournaments include the annual Tournament of Champions and the Michigan State Poker Tournament

MGM Grand Detroit is now home to the city’s largest poker room after MotorCity Casino’s room closed in August 2024. There are 14 tables.

This poker room never closes, and you can always play No Limit Hold’em with $1/$3 blinds and $2/$5 blinds. Limit Hold’em games and Pot Limit Omaha games are regularly available too, but the poker room does not normally host tournaments.

Players can take advantage of High Hand Jackpots on a daily basis, and there are $100 Splash Pots on Sundays too.

• Address: 1777 3rd Ave, Detroit, MI 48226
• Open 24/7
• No Limit Hold’em, Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha available
• No Limit Hold’em with $1/$3 blinds and $50 to $300 buy-ins always available, as is No Limit Hold’em with $2/$5 blinds and $20 to $1,000 buy-ins
• No Limit Hold’em with $5/$10 blinds run once per week and $10/$25 blinds games run three times per week, $3/$3 Pot Limit Omaha and $5/$10 Pot Limit Omaha available most evenings, and $3/$6 Limit
• Hold’em, $4/$8 Limit Hold’em run weekly
• Does not host regular tournaments

Gun Lake Casino features an eight-table poker room in Wayland, which is about 40 minutes south of Grand Rapids. The poker room is located on the west side of the casino floor near the 131 Sportsbook & Lounge.

Management describes it as “west Michigan’s best poker room.” The room is essentially a small, roped-off area in the back of the casino, which hosts cash games each evening and three tournaments per week.

• Address: 1123 129th Ave, Wayland, MI 49348
• Open 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Monday through Wednesday, and 24 hours from Thursday through Sunday
• No Limit Hold’em, Limit Hold’em Pot Limit Hold’em available
• You can play $1/$2, $1/$3, and $2/$5 No Limit Hold’em games most evenings, with buy-ins ranging from $50 to $1,000, while $5/$10 No Limit Hold’em, $3/$6 Limit Hold’em are often available
• $1/$3 Pot Limit Omaha runs most evenings, and you can occasionally play $2/$5 and $5/$10 Pot Limit Omaha
• Hosts No Limit Hold’em tournaments on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays

Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort hosts a 14-table poker room in Mount Pleasant. Players have praised the friendly staff, professional dealers, pleasant atmosphere, comfortable seating, and the game variety.

• Address: 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd, Mt Pleasant, MI 48858
• Open 10:00 a.m. to 1:45 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 10:00 a.m. to 3:45 a.m. on Friday and Saturday each week
• Offers No Limit Hold’em, Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha
• No Limit Hold’em with $1/$2, $1/$3, and $2/$5 blinds always available, with buy-ins ranging from $50 to $500, plus $3/$6 Limit Hold’em and $4/$8 Omaha often available too
• Hosts occasional deepstacks tournaments

This is the only poker room in northern Michigan. It is located in Petoskey, the largest city in Emmet County, run by the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

Play begins at 4 p.m. and ends at 1:30 a.m. There are six poker tables, offering No Limit Hold’em and Omaha cash games, but sometimes only a couple of them are occupied. There are occasional No Limit Hold’em tournaments too.

• Address: 1760 Lears Rd, Petoskey, MI 49770
• Registration begins at 3 p.m. daily, and games run from 4 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
• No Limit Hold’em and Omaha available
• $2/$5 No Limit Hold’em is always available, with buy-ins of $200 to $1,000, and $1/$3 No Limit Hold’em is often available too, while $10/$20 Limit Omaha is occasionally available
• Hold’em tournaments held approximately once per month