Club ID vs Referral ID explained

What the Club ID does

The Club ID is the public address of a club inside the app. You enter it under Club, Join Club, and it sends an application to that club's managers. Nothing about your money is attached to it.

Because PPPoker has no global lobby, the Club ID is the only way to find a specific room. Clubs publish theirs openly, which is why you see it on every legitimate club's site, including ours.

A Club ID is not sensitive and cannot be used against you. It identifies a room rather than an account, which is why publishing it is how clubs recruit in the first place, and why a room that will not give you its ID before you deposit is one you have no way to check.

What the Referral ID does

The Referral ID identifies the agent your account belongs to. It is the field that determines who processes your deposits and withdrawals and whose rakeback table applies to your volume.

One agent can serve players across several clubs, and one club can contain players from many agents. That is why the two IDs are separate and why being in the right club does not automatically mean being under the right agent.

The field is only shown while you are applying to a club. Once the application is sent, the referral is stored against your account and is not displayed again anywhere in the app, so it is worth asking the cashier to confirm you were recorded under the right one.

Why both matter for your rakeback

Rakeback is calculated from the rake generated by players under a given Referral ID. If the field was left blank, your rake still goes to the club, but no agent is on record as owing you a share of it.

This is not a bug or a scam — it is simply how the accounting works. It also means that an agent cannot credit you retroactively for volume generated before the link existed.

The tier calculation runs on the same link. Monthly rake is summed across the accounts under one Referral ID, so volume played elsewhere sits in a separate record and can leave both totals below a threshold that the combined figure would have cleared.

Fixing a missing or wrong referral

If you registered without a Referral ID, message the cashier before you play. Reassignment is usually possible on a fresh account, though it requires the club manager to action it and can take a day.

If you have already played significant volume under another agent, a transfer normally requires that agent's agreement. Sorting this out at registration takes thirty seconds; sorting it out later can take a week.

• •Club ID — where you play
• •Referral ID — who pays you
• •Both are entered in the app, not on any website

Where to find both IDs in the app

Both are entered on the same screen. Open the Club tab, choose Join Club, and the form asks for the Club ID first, with the Referral ID field directly beneath it. Nothing is typed into a website, and any page that asks you to enter either ID into a web form is not part of the process.

There are in fact three numbers in play rather than two. The Club ID belongs to a room and is published openly. The Referral ID belongs to an agent and is given to you by that agent. Your own profile ID belongs to your account and is shown beside your nickname in the profile screen.

• •Club ID — published by the club, entered under Club, Join Club
• •Referral ID — supplied by the agent, entered below the Club ID on the same screen
• •PPPoker ID — your own account number, found in the profile screen

Your PPPoker ID and why the cashier asks for it

The PPPoker ID identifies you rather than the room or the agent. It is assigned at registration, it does not change, and it is what the cashier works from when loading chips, sending a payout or delivering diamonds to the right account.

Nicknames are the reason the ID matters. Two players in a large union can register very similar names, and a nickname can be written half a dozen ways in a chat message, whereas a mistyped number matches nobody at all while a mistyped nickname often matches somebody.

It is safe to share with the cashier and the club, and opponents see it at the table in any case. It is not a password and it gives nobody access to your account, so there is no reason to hold it back when it is asked for during a deposit.

What your agent can and cannot see

An agent sees the reports the club produces: rake generated per player, hands played, the period each figure falls into and the balance owed at settlement. That is the data the whole rakeback calculation runs on, and you can ask for your own copy of it at any time.

What an agent does not see is the game. Hole cards, table chat and your hand-by-hand results are not in those reports, and no agent has a live view of a table beyond what any observer has. Club managers hold wider access for anti-collusion review, and it is used on hand histories after the fact rather than during play.

The distinction matters when someone offers information as a service. An agent claiming to know how a particular opponent plays, or which tables are soft at this moment, is describing access that the reporting does not include.

Joining a second club without losing your agent

The referral is stored against your account rather than against a club, so joining a second room under the same agent does not start a second relationship. Enter the new Club ID, leave the referral as it is, and both clubs report into one record.

The benefit is a single monthly rake total instead of two. Volume from every club under that referral is added together, which keeps you at the tier your total earns rather than splitting it between two smaller figures, and settlement still arrives as one weekly payment.

Joining a club that requires its own referral is the case to think about. An account carries one Referral ID, so either the new club's rake reports to your existing agent or you would need a second account, which most clubs do not permit.

Multi-tabling once you are inside a club

A Club ID gets you into the lobby, but multi-tabling is what lets you use that access efficiently. On the Windows client you can run four to six cash tables simultaneously with each table visible at once, which is how regulars generate the volume that earns higher rakeback tiers.

Mobile supports up to two tables in practice: the app displays one table at a time and lets you swap between them with a tap. That is enough for recreational play but not for players who need thirty or more hours a week to hit a volume target.

Before adding tables, confirm the club allows the number you plan to open. Some rooms cap multi-tabling at four, and a few high-stakes games require a single-table seat. The table info panel shows any restriction before you sit down.

Table themes and personalising your interface

Once you are seated, PPPoker lets you change how the table looks without affecting the game itself. Theme packs — purchased with diamonds or earned through promotions — swap the felt colour, card back design and table frame to match your preference.

Themes matter most when you multi-table. Assigning a distinct colour to each stake level or format helps you spot which table needs action at a glance instead of reading the title bar on every tile. Many regulars use a bright felt on their main stake and a muted one on secondary tables.

The 3D Card Squeeze option, available on supported devices, adds a tactile reveal animation when you look at hole cards. It is purely cosmetic but popular among players who want a live-poker feel on a screen. You can toggle it in table settings without leaving your seat.