Houston Poker Rooms — All 19 Card Rooms on PokerAtlas
The Houston metro has roughly 19 private social card rooms operating under the Texas “member-fee + seat-fee” model. This page lists every active room on the PokerAtlas Houston registry — which is the industry-standard source of truth for live hours, games, and tournaments.
PokerAtlas is the live data source
Every Houston-area card room uses PokerAtlas for its waitlists, schedule, and live tournament info. For today’s hours, seat fees, and running games, always click through to each room’s PokerAtlas profile.
The 19 Houston-area card rooms
| Room | Area | Live info |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Card House Houston TIME | Galleria / Westheimer | Live info → |
| Champions Club Houston TIME | Westchase / West Houston | Live info → |
| Texas Card House Spring TIME | Spring / North metro | Live info → |
| The River Poker Club TIME | Spring | Live info → |
| DogHouse Poker Club RAKE | Cypress / NW Harris | Live info → |
| The Hangar Poker House TIME | Humble | Live info → |
| The Wheel Social Club TIME | Houston | Live info → |
| Spades Poker House (Baytown) TIME | Baytown | Live info → |
| 101 Poker Club RAKE | Katy | Live info → |
| Katy Poker TIME | Katy | Live info → |
| Houston Social Cardroom TIME | Houston | Live info → |
| Fortune Poker Club TIME | Houston | Live info → |
| Legends Poker Room RAKE | Houston | Live info (Facebook — off PokerAtlas) |
| Lucky J Social Club RAKE | Houston | Live info → |
| JokerStars Social Club RAKE | Houston | Live info → |
| Empire Poker Club RAKE | Houston | Live info → |
| 9 Dragons Social Club TIME | Houston | Live info → |
| Capri Poker Room TIME | Webster | Live info → |
| Spades Poker House (Webster) TIME | Webster | Live info → |
How Texas poker rooms work (in 30 seconds)
Texas does not have commercial casinos, but Penal Code §47 allows poker if no one other than the players has an economic stake in the outcome. Houston rooms run as private “social clubs” that charge a membership + hourly seat fee instead of rake. You join the club, pay the hourly fee, all the gambling money stays between the players.
Typical cost: $10 one-time or daily membership, $10–$30 monthly, $300–$500 yearly — plus a $10–$12/hour seat fee. Free soft drinks; several rooms have full kitchens.
Is it legal? Short answer: yes for players, volatile for operators in 2026. See our plain-English guide to Texas poker law.
Status updates: rooms close, move, and rename. If a room on this list has shut down, the PokerAtlas listing goes first — check there for current status. Corrections welcome at tips@houstonpoker.com.
Browse by neighborhood
Prefer to pick a room by your side of town? Each of these neighborhood pages covers the listed PokerAtlas rooms serving that submarket, plus the next-closest alternatives for players on the edges.
Galleria / Westheimer♠Inner Loop♥Spring♦Cypress♣Humble♠Katy♥Webster / Clear Lake / Bay Area♦Baytown♣The Heights♠Full neighborhood index