How to join Grand Club

Step 1 — Install the app

Download PPPoker from the App Store, Google Play, or as a direct APK if your store does not carry it. A Windows client is available too if you plan to multi-table.

Install only from the official sources listed on our download page. Modified builds circulating on forums can compromise your account.

Step 2 — Create your account

Open the app, tap Register, and choose a username and password. No documents, email confirmation or phone verification are required at this stage.

Pick a nickname you are happy to keep, because your agent and the club managers will identify you by it in every payout record.

Since there is no email or phone step, there is also nothing to recover a forgotten password with by default. Store the credentials somewhere durable, and note the numeric PPPoker ID the app assigns you in the profile screen — the cashier uses it rather than the nickname.

Step 3 — Apply with both IDs

Tap Join Club and enter the Grand Club ID, then enter the Referral ID in the field below it. The Club ID points the app at our room; the Referral ID links your account to our cashier.

Skipping the Referral ID is the single most common mistake. Without it, nobody can load your chips, you earn no rakeback, and support cannot help if something goes wrong.

Step 4 — Fund your seat

Open @grandppuzbot in Telegram for automatic deposits (1 chip = $1) or message @Grand_Poker_Reception player support with your nickname and the amount you want to load. We confirm the rake structure and your rakeback rate before any money moves.

Chips normally appear on your balance within 15 minutes. Start with a small test deposit on your first session so you can see the full deposit and withdrawal cycle before committing a bankroll.

Local-currency deposits are quoted at a rate that holds for a short window, so send the payment while the quote is live. If it expires nothing is lost; the cashier issues a new quote at the current rate.

Step 5 — Set up your table filters

PPPoker has no global lobby, so every game you play is found inside the club list. Open the club and use the filter row above the tables to narrow by game type, stake and table size; unfiltered, the list mixes Hold'em, Omaha and Short Deck at every limit running in the union.

Mark the games you play as favourites so they sit at the top next session, and use the waiting list instead of refreshing. A reservation holds your place while you sit at another table, which is how most regulars keep two games going on a phone.

Build the filter set before your first session rather than during it. In a shared union the softer tables fill within a minute or two of opening, and a player still scrolling the full list is usually too late for them.

What your first week looks like

Rake counts from the first hand you are dealt into, with no activation step. The Bronze rate of 45% applies immediately and carries no volume requirement, so there is nothing to qualify for before your rakeback starts accruing.

The first payment lands on the club's weekly settlement day and covers the rake generated in the preceding week rather than seven days from your deposit. Join mid-week and your first payout covers a short period, with the next one running a full cycle.

Tiers are assigned from monthly rake, so early weeks are usually paid at the base rate while the month's total builds. Contact with the cashier settles into a routine quickly: a message when you want chips, a message when you want a payout, and the weekly statement in between.

If your application is not approved right away

An application left pending is normally a record-keeping question rather than a rejection. Message the cashier with your nickname, your numeric PPPoker ID and the Referral ID you entered, and it can usually be matched up in minutes.

Nothing is lost while the application waits, because no rake can be generated until you are inside the club. Resolving a missing referral at this stage takes one message; doing it after several sessions requires the club manager and, sometimes, the previous agent to agree.

• •No referral on file — the application arrives unattached to any agent
• •Nickname mismatch between the app and the one you sent the cashier
• •Submitted outside working hours, so approval waits for the next shift
• •A duplicate application from an account that already has one pending

Keeping your account in good standing

Club poker runs on a shared pool, so the rules that protect the games are enforced across the union rather than by a single club. They are short, and reviews look at hand histories and seating data rather than at accusations.

The practical consequence is that accidental breaches are rare and deliberate ones are visible. Two accounts from one household at the same table look the same in the data as a deliberate soft-play arrangement, which is why the rule is written as a prohibition rather than left to judgement.

• •One account per player, and no second account opened to restart a bonus
• •No chip transfers between accounts
• •No two players from one household at the same table
• •No account sharing and nobody else playing your session
• •Some regular activity — dormant accounts lose club access over time

How club hosting shapes games and settlement

When you join Grand Club, you enter a hosted environment where the club owner sets the game schedule, rake caps, table limits and union membership. Hosting means the club runs the tables, manages chip issuance and enforces the rules that keep the union fair for every member room.

The host also decides which formats appear at which hours. A well-run club balances NLH, PLO and tournament traffic so that peak times have full tables without flooding the lobby with empty ones at off-peak. Grand's union partnerships extend that reach beyond what a single room could fill alone.

Settlement still flows through your agent, not the host directly, but the host's reputation affects whether the union stays active and whether disputes get resolved quickly. A club that hosts reliably attracts more players, which in turn keeps the games softer and the withdrawal cycle predictable.

Community forums and player-to-player support

PPPoker maintains an official community forum where players discuss strategy, report client bugs and share club recommendations. The forum is moderated and separates technical support threads from club-specific discussions, which keeps signal high and spam low.

Grand Club also runs its own Telegram channels for members. These are where the cashier posts settlement schedules, where table requests get answered and where new players ask the questions that the FAQ does not cover. Joining the channel after your application is approved is worth doing before your first session.

Community channels are not a substitute for your agent on money matters, but they are the fastest way to learn which tables are running, whether a tournament series is coming up and what other members think of a new format the club has added.